: an act or sound of snickering
Examples of snicker in a Sentence
Verb
he snickered at the puzzled look on her face
Noun
a snicker of derision when we heard their offer on the house
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Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
On multiple occasions, groups of speakers clad in matching MTA Rank and File for Palestine sweatshirts, seated together, snickered at Jewish speakers.
—Joanna Honig, Boston Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
The carnage leads to a sigh of an epilogue that seems, without giving anything away, like a curious letdown, a cruel little snicker from Aster that doesn’t entirely satisfy.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
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Verb
Early never makes fun of Maddie, never lets the audience snicker at the screen.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
On multiple occasions, groups of speakers clad in matching MTA Rank and File for Palestine sweatshirts, seated together, snickered at Jewish speakers.
—Joanna Honig, Boston Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
Early never makes fun of Maddie, never lets the audience snicker at the screen.
—Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
The carnage leads to a sigh of an epilogue that seems, without giving anything away, like a curious letdown, a cruel little snicker from Aster that doesn’t entirely satisfy.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for snicker
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“Snicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snicker. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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