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▪ I. ˈsnitter, v.1 Obs. exc. dial.
Also 4 sniter-, 5 snyter-, sneter-.
[Of obscure origin: cf. snite n.2]
intr. Of snow: To fall. Hence ˈsnittering ppl. a.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2003 Þe snawe snitered ful snart, þat snayped þe wylde. c1400Anturs of Arth. vii, Thay ran to the roches,..For the snyterand [Douce sneterand] snaue, that snaypely hom snellus. 1888Addy Sheffield Gloss. 227 Snitter, to snow.
▪ II. ˈsnitter, v.2 Sc. and north. dial.
[Cf. snicker v., snigger v.1, snirt v., and titter v.1]
To laugh in a suppressed, nervous manner (at something). Also as n.
1825Jamieson Suppl., To snuister, or snuitter,..to laugh in a suppressed or clandestine way through the nostrils. Snuister, snuitter,..a laugh of this kind. 1892M. C. F. Morris Yorkshire Folk-Talk 374 What's ta stannin' theer snitterin' an' laffin' at? 1896‘G. Umber’ Ayrshire Idylls 71 Hoo her words should provoke sae muckle snitterin' an' lauchin'. 1975New Society 31 July 235/2 A prevailing snitter (cross between snigger and titter) greeted the preview of..a new play... There was plenty to snitter at. 1975W. McIlvanney Docherty iii. v. 270 ‘Ye micht never be heard o'.’ ‘Sen' in David Livingstone,’ Conn said. Tom snittered. 1977― Laidlaw xxxviii. 177 Harkness began to laugh. Laidlaw stared at him, then..snittered at himself. |
