(US, Canada, idiomatic) to laugh in secret or to oneself, usually gloatingly.
(US, Canada, idiomatic) to laugh in secret or to oneself, usually gloatingly.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(mainly, UK, Ireland) A partly suppressed or broken laugh.