The Chinese abacus is thought to have been created by a famous mathematician Cheng Dawei of the Ming Dynasty between 1368 and 1644. A typical elementary abacus has 10 parallel wires strung between two boards on a frame, with nine beads on each wire. Each bead has a value of 10, a multiple or sub multiple of 10.
The definition of a snigger is a contained or half held-in laugh. An example of a snigger is a quiet laugh behind a person's back. Snigger is defined as to snicker or hold back a laugh. An example of snigger is to secretly laugh at someone behind their back.
1 to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions he snickered at the puzzled look on her face Synonyms laugh, smile, sneer, sniggerRelated Words sniff, snort; catcall, deride, gibe (or jibe), hoot, insult, jeer, mock, ridicule; decry, despise, disdain; scoff (at), scorn; bad-mouth, belittle, disparage, pooh-pooh (also pooh), put down; ...