Meaning & use
Snickering
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Laughing quietly and slyly, often at someone else's expense.
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The students were snickering in the back row during the assembly.
He caught them snickering at his mismatched socks.
A note on using this word
An imitative, or onomatopoeic, word meant to echo the sound of a suppressed laugh.
Words with a similar meaning
sniggeringgiggling
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