Snicker

Noun

 * 1) A stifled or broken laugh

Verb

 * 1)  To emit a snicker—stifled or broken laugh.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:laugh

Verbs for Snicker
check—; curb—; disregard—; restrain—; voice—; —admonishes; —chides; —derides; —disparages; —insults; —issues; —mimics; —scoffs; —taunts; —withers ; —twits.

See also

giggle, laughter, smirk, grin. —preens; —pretends; —puffs up; —regards; —scoffs at; —scorns; —swaggers; —swells; —worships.

Thesaurus
Homeric laughter, be in stitches, belly laugh, boff, boffola, break up, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, chortle, chuckle, convulsion, crow, fit of laughter, fleer, gales of laughter, giggle, go into convulsions, guffaw, ha-ha, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, ho-ho, horselaugh, jeer at, laugh, laugh at, laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, leer, mock, nearly die laughing, outburst of laughter, peal of laughter, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with laughter, sardonic grin, scorn, scornful laugh, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, smirk, sneer, snigger, sniggle, snort, split, split with laughter, tee-hee, titter, yuck, yuk-yuk

Alternative forms

 * snigger

Etymology
US variant of the British snigger, modified in the US due to its resemblance to the racial slur nigger.

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * French: ricanement


 * Tagalog:

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * French: ricaner


 * Polish:
 * Tagalog:, humagikgik

Anagrams

 * nickers