Get to know Snigger better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like snicker or laugh.
Snigger meaning
- A partly suppressed or broken laugh.
- A sly or snide laugh.
Using Snigger
- The main meaning on this page is: A partly suppressed or broken laugh. | A sly or snide laugh.
- Useful related words include: snicker, laugh, snort, laughter.
Context around Snigger
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Snigger
- In this selection, "snigger" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, folks, friends, suppressed and wonder stand out and add context to how "snigger" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include have a snigger wonder if and make folks snigger. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "snigger" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with snigger
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I simply need to make folks snigger. (7 words)
So, what if your friends snigger, what do you care? (10 words)
Today, at the eponymous 10 Tib Lane, a door knob is not something at which you point and snigger. (19 words)
This was received at the time as diplomatic headline avoidance, with Guardiola smartly sidestepping the trap of writing off rivals’ chances so early in the season, though the odd suppressed snigger could be heard at the mention of Manchester United. (40 words)
Singer Frankie Bridge and Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews are among the celebrities in this week’s kitchen-challenge heats, with judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace, at this early stage, trying not to snigger at the results. (39 words)
Feel the sun on your face, observe the view, ferret amongst the students yourselves, have a snigger, wonder if you could write a book because there are so darned good tips for writers in these pages. (36 words)
So, what if your friends snigger, what do you care? (10 words)
Example sentences (8)
I simply need to make folks snigger.
Today, at the eponymous 10 Tib Lane, a door knob is not something at which you point and snigger.
So, what if your friends snigger, what do you care?
Feel the sun on your face, observe the view, ferret amongst the students yourselves, have a snigger, wonder if you could write a book because there are so darned good tips for writers in these pages.
Curators and public are keen on watching high-scoring pitches and even the stiff-upper-lipped cricket cynics of the world wouldn’t quiver or snigger in their seats.
Singer Frankie Bridge and Made in Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews are among the celebrities in this week’s kitchen-challenge heats, with judges John Torode and Gregg Wallace, at this early stage, trying not to snigger at the results.
This was received at the time as diplomatic headline avoidance, with Guardiola smartly sidestepping the trap of writing off rivals’ chances so early in the season, though the odd suppressed snigger could be heard at the mention of Manchester United.
In 1912, Ambrose Bierce proposed "an improvement in punctuation – the snigger point, or note of cachinnation: it is written thus ‿ and presents a smiling mouth.