sniggers

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Australia is yet to see the best of Smith – he averages 23.16 against them from six one-day internationals - and any suggestions he is Gilchrist's heir will be met by sniggers down under.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025

This confounded the soothsayers, and thereby insured that any professional predictions as to the result of today’s vote, a year later, have been met with sniggers of disbelief.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 23, 2016

Then there was Jared Leto in a Givenchy suit that largely got the thumbs-up, but was hardly enough to buffer him from the sniggers about his striking resemblance to a certain biblical character.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2016

“I heartily agree with Rod Tucker that standards should be maintained on the cricket pitch,” sniggers Robin Hazlehurst.

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2016

There were sniggers here and there and swift glances.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding