snickery

Definition of snickerynext

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Adjective
  • Last fall, New York’s Republican State Committee suspended a Young Republican organization following the release of a group chat that included jokes about rape and flippant commentary on gas chambers.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The flippant, tattooed, boisterous soul singer from South London has drawn Amy Winehouse comparisons.
    Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • There’s also some slapstick comic bits that add little to the story.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Nearly 50 years after its release, the ZAZ production is still considered one of the best comedies ever made with every slapstick scene and quotable Leslie Nielsen line as stunningly funny on the 20th viewing as the first.
    Rachel Simon, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Featuring so many plugs for Chick-fil-A that one hopes the producers got a good product-placement fee or at least free catering for the film shoot, Plantman & Blondie might have been amusing enough as a brief sketch, although frankly even that’s doubtful.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
  • There was an amusing sequence in this game that got a rise out of the crowd.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The result is a zanier and livelier ride than the cloistered and predictable Harry’s House.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The new film employs plenty of its own zany imagery and physical comedy.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The waggish jeer that subverts the Reich Chancellery, designed by Adolf Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, must have sent the woman who chastises children for flatulent folly into a tizzy.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • After publishing a New York Times piece about grieving her late husband, the waggish writer received an email from a kindly old acquaintance who was also recently widowed.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The clownish dance is a Fortnite video game gesture, and involves making an L shape with fingers, pressing it to one’s forehead, then high kicking from side to side.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • He’s best known at this point either for playing the clownish Jack on Will & Grace or for being the relatively serious one of the three celebrity chatters on his podcast, Smartless.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The fashion icon made a playful reference to the film while presenting the award for best makeup and hairstyling alongside Hathaway.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The collection was still as sexy as ever though, with the playful print appearing on itty-bitty bikinis, barely-there blouses, and, as seen here in look 3, low-slung trousers.
    Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • His posture is authoritative without being imposing, his voice warm without being facetious.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Powell was, of course, being facetious, as the low-quality videos featured the actor as a teen running and jumping in the street and lip-syncing to the song while wearing a yacht captain’s hat.
    Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Snickery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snickery. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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