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snickering

/snɪkərɪŋ/ verb · British & US
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What does snickering mean?

verb

To laugh quietly and slightly, often in a suppressed or stifled manner, or to make a stifled or suppressed sound, like a stifled laugh.

Example

"The children were snickering in the back of the classroom when the teacher told a joke."

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