Talk:sniggle

I think it involves tickling the eel, but I'm not positive. (And it may be illegal in some states, because related practices can disrupt the reproductive cycle). Oddly the wikipedia entry is only a disambiguation page. JillianE 21:01, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

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sniggle

===Etymology===
See {{term|snig|lang=en||a kind of eel}}.

===Verb===
{{en-verb|sniggles|sniggling|sniggled}}

# To catch an [[eel]] by thrusting a baited hook into its den.
# Alternate spelling and pronunciation of [[snicker]] (corruption with [[giggle]].) To [[chortle]] or [[chuckle]].
# {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} To steal something of little value; diminutive corruption of [[snag]] + ''diminutive suffix.''

I guess these are three separate etymologies. I found this by checking out the blue links at WT:LOP#S. Mglovesfun (talk) 10:44, 21 October 2013 (UTC)

I guess you're right, though the first sense could be a backformation from the third sense. --80.114.178.7 01:40, 7 November 2013 (UTC)

• Looks good now --New WT User Girl (talk) 10:43, 27 August 2017 (UTC)