Explore Sniggering through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sniggering meaning
present participle and gerund of snigger
Using Sniggering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of snigger
- In the example corpus, sniggering often appears in combinations such as: sniggering at.
Context around Sniggering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sniggering
- In this selection, "sniggering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, signature, include and delivery stand out and add context to how "sniggering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all those sniggering at the and fell about sniggering at his. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sniggering" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sniggering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Everyone then fell about sniggering at his blunder. (8 words)
All those sniggering at the Travelling Trudeau Show don’t get it, do they? (14 words)
Other descriptors that got me sniggering include Robert de Niro (cortado), Trevor Noah (mochaccino), Beyoncé Knowles (hot chocolate) and Tilda Swinton (flat white). (23 words)
My wife was slightly taken aback by the size of it (no sniggering at the back) and wasn’t sure she could get used to the screen occupying so much space but by the following morning she was completely used to it. (42 words)
You get a few stares or groups of young blokes going “Evening ladies” and sniggering but I wouldn’t really report it as a hate crime. (26 words)
Other descriptors that got me sniggering include Robert de Niro (cortado), Trevor Noah (mochaccino), Beyoncé Knowles (hot chocolate) and Tilda Swinton (flat white). (23 words)
All those sniggering at the Travelling Trudeau Show don’t get it, do they? (14 words)
Example sentences (6)
Other descriptors that got me sniggering include Robert de Niro (cortado), Trevor Noah (mochaccino), Beyoncé Knowles (hot chocolate) and Tilda Swinton (flat white).
Everyone then fell about sniggering at his blunder.
My wife was slightly taken aback by the size of it (no sniggering at the back) and wasn’t sure she could get used to the screen occupying so much space but by the following morning she was completely used to it.
All those sniggering at the Travelling Trudeau Show don’t get it, do they?
You get a few stares or groups of young blokes going “Evening ladies” and sniggering but I wouldn’t really report it as a hate crime.
On Hollywood Squares Lynde was best able to showcase his comedic talents with short, salty one-liners, spoken in his signature sniggering delivery.
Common combinations with sniggering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sniggering at 3×