Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to snicker
Participle: snickered
Gerund: snickering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | snicker |
| you | snicker |
| he;she;it | snickers |
| we | snicker |
| you | snicker |
| they | snicker |
Perfect
| I | have snickered |
| you | have snickered |
| he;she;it | has snickered |
| we | have snickered |
| you | have snickered |
| they | have snickered |
Past
| I | snickered |
| you | snickered |
| he;she;it | snickered |
| we | snickered |
| you | snickered |
| they | snickered |
Pluperfect
| I | had snickered |
| you | had snickered |
| he;she;it | had snickered |
| we | had snickered |
| you | had snickered |
| they | had snickered |
Future
| I | will snicker |
| you | will snicker |
| he;she;it | will snicker |
| we | will snicker |
| you | will snicker |
| they | will snicker |
Future Perfect
| I | will have snickered |
| you | will have snickered |
| he;she;it | will have snickered |
| we | will have snickered |
| you | will have snickered |
| they | will have snickered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | snicker |
| you | snicker |
| he;she;it | snicker |
| we | snicker |
| you | snicker |
| they | snicker |
Perfect
| I | have snickered |
| you | have snickered |
| he;she;it | have snickered |
| we | have snickered |
| you | have snickered |
| they | have snickered |
Imperfect
| I | snickered |
| you | snickered |
| he;she;it | snickered |
| we | snickered |
| you | snickered |
| they | snickered |
Pluperfect
| I | had snickered |
| you | had snickered |
| he;she;it | had snickered |
| we | had snickered |
| you | had snickered |
| they | had snickered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would snicker |
| you | would snicker |
| he;she;it | would snicker |
| we | would snicker |
| you | would snicker |
| they | would snicker |
Perfect
| I | would have snickered |
| you | would have snickered |
| he;she;it | would have snickered |
| we | would have snickered |
| you | would have snickered |
| they | would have snickered |
Imperative
| you | snicker |
| we | Let's snicker |
| you | snicker |
Verbs conjugated like 'snicker'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'snicker'
nicker,
sicker,
slicker,
smicker,
sticker,
bicker,
dicker,
flicker,
knacker,
nicher,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
US variant of the British snigger, possibly of onomatopoeic origin, similar to Dutch snikken (“to gasp; sob”). The noun is first recorded 1836, from the verb. Compare also Scottish smicker (“to smile or laugh in a sniggering or leery way, smirk”). More at smicker.
Sample Sentences
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I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, / And in short, I was afraid. [1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 13:]