Snicker to Snow
Snicker
(Snick"er) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snickered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Snickering.] [Cf. D. snikken to
sob, to sigh.] [Written also snigger.]
1. To laugh slyly; to laugh in one's sleeve.
2. To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.
Snicker
(Snick"er), n. A half suppressed, broken laugh. [Written also snigger.]
Snide
(Snide) a. Tricky; deceptive; contemptible; as, a snide lawyer; snide goods. [Slang]
Sniff
(Sniff) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniffed or Snift; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniffing.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel,
snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See Snuff, v. t.] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; — sometimes
done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven.
M. Arnold. Sniff
(Sniff), v. t.
1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
2. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
Sniff
(Sniff), n. The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
Sniffing
(Sniff"ing), n. (Physiol.) A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air
drawn in through the nose.
Sniffle
(Snif"fle) v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See Snivel.] To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.]
Snift
(Snift) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Snifting.] [From Sniff.]
1. To snort. [Obs.] "Resentment expressed by snifting." Johnson.
2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell.
It now appears that they were still snifing and hankering after their old quarters.
Landor. Snift
(Snift), n.
1. A moment. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. Slight snow; sleet. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Snifting
(Snift"ing), a. & n. from Snift.
Snifting valve, a small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam
engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; — so called from the noise made by
its action.
Snig
(Snig) v. t. [See Snick a small cut.] To chop off; to cut. [Prov. Eng.]
Snig
(Snig), v. i. [See Sneak.] To sneak. [Prov. Eng.]
Snig
(Snig, Snigg), n. [Cf. Sneak.] (Zoöl.) A small eel. [Prov. Eng.]
Snigger
(Snig"ger) v. i. See Snicker. Thackeray.
