snitter
English
Verb
snitter (third-person singular simple present snitters, present participle snittering, simple past and past participle snittered)
- (intransitive) To giggle in a suppressed manner; to titter.
- 1966, William McIlvanney, Remedy is None (page 44)
- She snittered once briefly, like a horse neighing, and cut it short. Glancing at her, Charlie saw her lips twisting nervously in an attempt to suppress the laughter which showed beneath her composure like a kitten under a coverlet.
- 2001, Basil Copper, No Flowers for the General (page 12)
- He started snittering. He sounded like he thought it was funny.
- 1966, William McIlvanney, Remedy is None (page 44)