Definition Conjugation
Definition of sniggle - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
- He couldn't help but sniggle at the joke.
2.
fishing techniquetr./intr. Rare fish for eels by thrusting a baited hook into their hiding placestr./intr. Rare
- They went to the river to sniggle for eels during the summer..
3.
- In his youth, he would sniggle apples from the market.
Origin of sniggle
Unknown, possibly dialectal origin
Examples of sniggle in a sentence
The children would sniggle at the funny faces. They taught us how to sniggle in the creek. He learned to sniggle from his grandfather. She would sniggle trinkets from her sister's room. They used to sniggle candies from the jar when no one was looking.
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- French:glousser, pêcher l'anguille en sondant ses cachettes à l'hameçon, ...
- German:kichern, Aalstechen, ...
- Italian:ridacchiare, pescare con l'amo, ...
- Spanish:reírse entre dientes, pescar anguilas, ...
- Portuguese:rir baixinho, apanhar enguias, ...
- Chinese:窃笑, 钓鳗鱼, ...
- Japanese:くすくす笑う, スニグルする, ...
- Arabic:ضَحِكَ بِخُفْيَة, صاد الثعابين بدفع خطاف مع طعم إلى أماكن اختبائها, ...
- Hebrew:לְגַחֵךְ, לְחַפֵּשׂ, ...
- Russian:хихикать, ловить угрей сниглингом, ...
- Ukrainian:хихикати, ловити вугра, ...
- Hindi:मुस्कुराना, स्निगल करना, ...
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