MEANING
To give a partly suppressed laugh, often at someone else's expense.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- snicker behind a hand
- suppressed snicker
On the page
Two students snickered behind their notes.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- snicker
- Past tense
- snickered
- Past participle
- snickered
- Present participle
- snickering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- snicker
- Present continuous
- am/is/are snickering
- Present perfect
- have/has snickered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been snickering
- Past
- snickered
- Past continuous
- was/were snickering
- Past perfect
- had snickered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been snickering
- Future
- will snicker
- Future continuous
- will be snickering
- Future perfect
- will have snickered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been snickering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: snicker; snickers; snickered; snickered; snickering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: snickers.
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