snigger

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++snig·ger /ˈsnɪɡə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]  British EnglishLAUGH to laugh quietly in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny 暗笑，窃笑 SYN American English snickersnigger at What are you sniggering at? This is a serious poem. 你偷笑什么？ 这是一首严肃的诗。► see thesaurus at laugh —snigger noun [countable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

snigger• Ruth tripped and fell as she walked up the steps. The boys behind her sniggered.• Once, a dealer at Harvard Securities admitted to a director that he had been paid twice, and the director sniggered.• The one with the thinning blonde hair made a remark at which the second man sniggered.• Ballantyne sniggered and Mitchell chuckled too.• Katie sniggered and snorted and even Graham smiled.• He sniggered and walked from the burning drum.• They were all too kind to snigger but Suzi distinctly saw fat Luiza shrug her shoulders in a gesture of fatalistic despair.• No one sniggered when football coaches, business executives and politicians became fairer haired.Origin snigger (1700-1800) snicker

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snigger
snig‧ger /ˈsnɪɡə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]British English to laugh quietly in a way that is not nice at something which is not supposed to be funny
   SYN  snicker American English
    snigger at
    What are you sniggering at? This is a serious poem.
—snigger noun [countable]
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ laugh to make sounds with your voice and move your face, because you think that something is funny: He looked so funny that we couldn’t stop laughing.
   ▪ giggle to laugh quickly in a high voice, especially in a slightly silly way, or because you are nervous or embarrassed: A group of teenage girls were giggling in a corner. | She tends to giggle when she meets new people.
   ▪ chuckle to laugh quietly, especially because you are thinking about or reading something funny: He was chuckling to himself over an article in the paper. | ‘We used to get up to all kinds of mischief.’ She chuckled at the memory.
   ▪ snigger British English, snicker American English to laugh quietly in an unkind or unpleasant way, for example when someone is hurt or embarrassed: Billy stood up and started to sing, and one or two people sniggered.
   ▪ titter to laugh quietly in a high voice, especially about something that is rude or about sex, or is embarrassing for someone: As a nation we love to titter over politicians’ sex scandals. | schoolboys tittering over a magazine
   ▪ roar with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a deep voice: I could hear my father roaring with laughter at something on TV.
   ▪ shriek with laughter to laugh very loudly, especially with a high voice: Patsy chased him down the stairs, shrieking with laughter.
   ▪ howl with laughter to laugh very loudly – used especially about a group of people laughing together: His plays have made audiences howl with laughter.
   ▪ in stitches laughing so much that you cannot stop: It was such a funny film – it had us all in stitches.
   ▪ guffaw /ɡəˈfɔː $ -ˈfɒː/ to laugh very loudly and without trying to stop yourself: The audience guffawed at his nonstop jokes.
   ▪ cackle to laugh loudly in an unpleasant way: The old woman cackled at the trouble she was causing.