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• laugh in a half-suppressed, typically scornful way.

• "the boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back"

Similar: give a suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper, titter, giggle, chortle,

• a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh.

• "we heard the sniggers caused by their little jokes"

Similar: suppressed laugh, snicker, sneer, smirk, simper, titter, giggle, chortle,

Origin: early 18th century: later variant of snicker.