[max americana]

>It’s a form of snickering, sort of a short snicker-snort.

It actually is by definition: “It’s a form of snickering, sort of a short snicker-snort.”

http://www.answers.com/topic/snigger

[mainestategop]

I know what snicker means its just that the way it was spelled it you know it sounded like the n-word.

[OneWingedShark]

>>It actually is by definition: “It’s a form of snickering, sort of a short snicker-snort.”

Snigger
#1: A stifled laugh.
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Yep, I was right, a stifled laugh, which would be something like a snicker-and-snort (trying to stop).