snicker

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++snick·er /ˈsnɪkə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]  American EnglishLAUGH to laugh quietly and in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny 暗笑，窃笑 SYN British English sniggersnicker at The other students snickered at Steve. 其他学生都偷偷地笑史蒂夫。 —snicker noun [countable] a barely hidden snicker 几乎不加掩饰的窃笑→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

snicker• One of the other caddies snickered.• Over the shouts of the soldiers, we filed out, snickering.• Everyone around Tony snickered, and Miss McFawn looked at him.• Then he snickered and walked away.• Most of the boys and girls snicker at the topic.• Lufkin looked pleased at the snickering audience.• He knew they snickered behind his back, but he believed that they would eventually accept him as one of their own.snicker at• Some listeners might be tempted to snicker at the childishly simple song titles.Origin snicker (1600-1700) From the sound

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snicker
snick‧er /ˈsnɪkə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]American English to laugh quietly and in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny
   SYN  snigger British English
    snicker at
    The other students snickered at Steve.
—snicker noun [countable]:
    a barely hidden snicker

snickerBrE /ˈsnɪkə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnɪkər/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they snicker BrE /ˈsnɪkə(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnɪkər/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it snickers BrE /ˈsnɪkəz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnɪkərz/ 🔊past simple snickered BrE /ˈsnɪkəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnɪkərd/ 🔊past participle snickered BrE /ˈsnɪkəd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnɪkərd/ 🔊 -ing form snickering BrE /ˈsnɪkərɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsnɪkərɪŋ/ 🔊(especially NAmE) (also especially BrE snig·ger) [intransitive] ~ (at sb/sth) to laugh in a quiet unpleasant way, especially at sth rude or at sb's problems or mistakes 窃笑；暗笑 SYN titter ▸ snicker noun