Snickers are quiet, partly suppressed laughs, often expressing mockery or disrespect: He heard snickers from the back of the room when he mispronounced the word.
The sound suggests amusement at someone else's expense, though it can also signal nervous or knowing laughter.
To snicker is to laugh this way. (Capitalized Snickers is the candy bar.)
1. laughter — chuckle, Low, suppressed laugh; giggle (Soft, silly vocalization); titter (Restrained nervous giggle); stifled (Forcibly held in); mocking · derisive · scornful · smirk · sneer · ridicule · mean-spirited · whispered · schoolyard · sneering
Opposites
TYPE OF LAUGHTERsnickers ≠ belly laughs Loud, uncontrollable laughter; guffaws · howls · hearty laugh · uproarious laughter · sobs
SOCIAL APPROVAL/DISAPPROVALsnickers ≠ praises Verbally commends; applauds · cheers · commends · acclaims · compliments
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONsnickers ≠ weeps Cries audibly; sobs · cries · sympathizes · mourns · commiserates
Categories
snacks: chips, crackers, cookies, granola bars, chocolate; mockery: mockery, ridiculing, jeers, jeering, jibes; laugh reactions: laughter, giggles, chuckles, guffaws, cackles; comedy: comedy, jokes, humor, puns, sarcasm; tomfoolery: silliness, foolery, clownery, clownishness, goofing off
Family
snicker, snickering, snickered, snickerer
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