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  • 51snickered — snick·er || snɪkÉ™(r) n. sly laugh; stifled laughter, suppressed chuckle; neigh, whinny (made by a horse) v. laugh quietly, laugh in a stifled manner; laugh slyly; neigh, whinny (of a horse) …

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  • 52snickering — snick·er || snɪkÉ™(r) n. sly laugh; stifled laughter, suppressed chuckle; neigh, whinny (made by a horse) v. laugh quietly, laugh in a stifled manner; laugh slyly; neigh, whinny (of a horse) …

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  • 53snickers — snick·er || snɪkÉ™(r) n. sly laugh; stifled laughter, suppressed chuckle; neigh, whinny (made by a horse) v. laugh quietly, laugh in a stifled manner; laugh slyly; neigh, whinny (of a horse) …

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  • 54Introduction —    Although the Berbers form sizable populations in North Africa and the Sahel, they have been reduced to a minority within their respective home states. Berbers are the ancient inhabitants of North Africa, but rarely have they formed an actual… …

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  • 55stifle — verb 1) she stifled him with a pillow Syn: suffocate, choke, asphyxiate, smother, gag 2) Eleanor stifled a giggle Syn: suppress, smother, restrain, fight back, choke back, gulp back …

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  • 56smother — smoth•er [[t]ˈsmʌð ər[/t]] v. t. 1) to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing 2) to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air 3) to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to… …

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  • 57smother — /ˈsmʌðə / (say smudhuh) verb (t) 1. to stifle or suffocate, especially by smoke or by depriving of the air necessary for life. 2. to extinguish or deaden (fire, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air. 3. Also, smother up. to cover closely or… …

  • 58stifle — I. /ˈstaɪfəl / (say stuyfuhl) verb (stifled, stifling) –verb (t) 1. to kill by impeding respiration; smother. 2. to keep back or repress: to stifle a yawn. 3. to suppress, crush, or stop: to stifle a revolt. –verb (i) 4. to become stifled or… …

  • 59snicker — [snik′ər] vi. [echoic] 1. to laugh in a sly or derisive, partly stifled manner 2. to neigh; nicker vt. to utter with a snicker n. a sly or derisive, partly stifled laugh SYN. LAUGH snickeringly adv …

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  • 60smothered — adjective 1. held in check with difficulty (Freq. 1) a smothered cough a stifled yawn a strangled scream suppressed laughter • Syn: ↑stifled, ↑strangled, ↑ …

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