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Word entry · 8 letters

snickers

Best crossword clue

"Suppressed laughs"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsnɪkəz/Sorted ceiknrssStarts with SEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Quiet or partly suppressed laughs.

Word origin

Coined in 1930, from the name of a favorite horse owned by the Mars family, from snicker (“to whinny”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • From his expression, it seemed that the only thing of importance taking place in the room was his deciding between a Snickers and a Babe Ruth!
  • "Yep," said Robin, reaching into the cooler for a diet soda and a Snickers.
  • He saw humans feed them something called a Snickers, and he could feel the pain of those same deer as their stomachs twisted and contorted, but they came back for more of these Snickers.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

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