snicker
snicker.01 - laugh in a covert manner
SNICKER-V NOTES: Based on sentences in brown corpus. Framed by Neville. Comparison with 'laugh.' VerbNet class nonverbal_expression-40.2. (from snicker.01-v)Aliases:
snicker (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: snickerer
ARG1-PPT: cognate object
ARG2-CAU: source of amusement
ARG3-PRD: end state of Arg0, result of snickering
ARG1-PPT: cognate object
ARG2-CAU: source of amusement
ARG3-PRD: end state of Arg0, result of snickering
intransitive (-)
It spread to most of the audience and was often viewed by
visiting whitesARG0
whoR-ARG0
snickeredrel
behind handkerchiefARGM-LOC
and afterward discussed Negro religion .with source (-)
L'Unita and Hoy published identical denunciations of Short 's elevation , l'Osservatore Romano and the Christian Science Monitor ignored it ,
Times of IndiaARG0
snickeredrel
at itARG2
, and the Manchester Guardian simply reported it -- the Fosterites in England were few but extremely militant .