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third-person singular simple present sniggles, present participle sniggling, simple past and past participle sniggled
(intransitive) To chortle or chuckle; snicker. quotations examples
Ay! you see you'll laugh at the bare thought on it — and I'll be bound th' minister, though he's not a laughing man, would ha' sniggled at th' notion of falling in love wi' the child.
1864, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cousin Phillis
(intransitive) To fish for eels by thrusting a baited needle or hook into their dens. examples
(transitive) To catch by this means. examples
(transitive, figurative) To ensnare. examples
(obsolete) To steal something of little value.