sniggle

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To chortle or chuckle; snicker. intransitive
    — 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.
  2. To fish for eels by thrusting a baited needle or hook into their dens. intransitive
    — But rampant poaching (the correct term for catching a grown-up eel with bait is to “sniggle”, though elvers are caught with something more like a giant sieve) is now prompting authorities to crack down well in advance of next year’s season.
  3. To steal something of little value. obsolete
  4. To catch by this means. transitive
  5. To ensnare. figuratively,transitive

词形变化

sniggles present,singular,third-person sniggling participle,present sniggled participle,past sniggled past sniggles present,singular,third-person sniggling participle,present sniggled participle,past sniggled past sniggles present,singular,third-person sniggling participle,present sniggled participle,past sniggled past

词汇关系

衍生词
sniggler

词源

词源 1
From an alteration (perhaps due to giggle) of snigger, itself a variant of snicker.
词源 2
See snig (“a kind of eel”) + -le (frequentative verbal suffix).
词源 3
From snig or an alteration of snag + -le.
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