snicker

Jokes about Twitch streamers getting paid to do nothing were funnier the first 1,000 times you saw them somewhere, and even then, they weren’t worth more than a passing snicker.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

I got several quizzical looks and perhaps a snicker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

"Like, wait a minute, you didn't pay anything at all, and yet you still have complaints?" she said with a snicker.

From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026

And if it was easy to snicker at “Avatar’s” hippy-dippy sincerity, it was also easy to surrender to its multiplex transcendentalism, its world of synthetically crafted natural wonders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

Some snicker that he’s a clown, laugh about his appearance, dismiss his humility as an act.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

In point 16 of the X post, Karp wrote: "The culture almost snickers at Musk's interest in grand narrative, as if billionaires ought to simply stay in their lane of enriching themselves."

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

I can also explain why, despite the snickers and stares and perpetually blooming bruises, it’s still worth it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2025

That threat was greeted with snickers of laughter.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

The comment drew snickers and raised eyebrows from the room of reporters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2022

The Obayifo snickers, a sound that reminds me of the shaking of maracas.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

They snickered two years later when he announced that while he personally opposed abortion, he now supported a woman’s right to choose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

The gullible may have stood in awe, but sophisticated travelers scoffed and snickered at the big egg, obviously laid by an ordinary ostrich.

From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2024

The idea was dismissed as a “blubber restaurant” and snickered about in the food world in far more tasteless terms.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023

I also snickered at the line Sarah's husband Peter tells her, "Even if I can't be with her, I don't want to be with you."

From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2022

The girls snickered when they heard me sing along with the lyrics.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

And Ms. Bioh has the girls’ attitudes to her take an implausibly abrupt turn from sycophancy to snickering mockery when Ericka exposes the hollowness of her pretensions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

There now seems to be a bit of snickering immaturity in the film’s garish period trappings, though the emotional acuity and empathetic consideration of even the most minor of characters still makes “Boogie Nights” remarkable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025

But snickering and irreverence aside, the Milan native was also a towering figure — both influential and polarizing — who reshaped the Italian media and political landscape in his image.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

The words “Tom Holland” and “spoilers” can immediately illicit snickering.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

“That’s not exactly what he used to say,” Eevie said, snickering as she walked up.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder