snicker

intransitive verb

To utter a partly stifled laugh.

noun

A partly stifled laugh.

noun

A halfsuppressed laugh; a giggle. Also snigger.

To laugh in a half-suppressed or foolish manner; giggle.

To say in a giggling manner.

Also snigger.

noun

A half suppressed, broken laugh.

intransitive verb

To laugh slyly; to laugh in one’s sleeve.

intransitive verb

To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter.

noun

A stifled or broken laugh