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

There were sniggers, for example, when Trump insisted: “Nobody has more respect for women that I do, nobody.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 20, 2016

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

“Yes, well, he passed the second time,” said Mrs. Weasley, marching back into the kitchen amid hearty sniggers.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling