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CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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sniggle

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Noun, Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)
 : 
snig=gle

CIDE DICTIONARY

snigglev. i. [See Snig a kind of eel.].
     To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.  Walton.  [1913 Webster]
snigglev. t. 
     To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare.  Beau. & Fl.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sniggle, v.intr. fish (for eels) by pushing bait into a hole.

Etymology
ME snig small eel, of unkn. orig.

THESAURUS

sniggle

allure, bag, bait, bait the hook, birdlime, bola, catch, catch out, chortle, chuckle, cobweb, decoy, dragnet, enmesh, ensnare, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrap, enweb, fishhook, fly, foul, giggle, gill net, gin, ground bait, guffaw, harpoon, hee-haw, hook, hook in, inveigle, jig, land, lariat, lasso, lime, lure, mesh, meshes, nail, net, noose, plug, pound net, purse seine, rope, sack, seine, snag, snare, snarl, snicker, spear, spinner, spread the toils, springe, squid, take, tangle, tangle up with, titter, toils, trap, trawl, trip, wind, wobbler

ROGET THESAURUS

sniggle

Deception

VB deceive, take in, defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, bite, pluck, swindle, victimize, abuse, mystify, blind one's eyes, blindfold, hoodwink, throw dust into the eyes, dupe, gull, hoax, fool, befool, bamboozle, flimflam, hornswoggle, trick, impose upon, practice upon, play upon, put upon, palm off on, palm upon, foist upon, snatch a verdict, bluff off, bluff, bunko, four flush, gum, spoof, stuff (a ballot box), circumvent, overreach, outreach, out wit, out maneuver, steal a march upon, give the go-by, to leave in the lurch decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle, entrap, intrap, ensnare, nick, springe, set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for, bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime, trapan, trepan, kidnap, let in, hook in, nousle, nousel, blind a trail, enmesh, immesh, shanghai, catch, catch in a trap, sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity, hum, humbug, gammon, stuff up, sell, play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on, balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale, fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand, make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of, trifle with, cajole, flatter, come over, gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon, dissemble, cog, cog the dice, load the dice, stack the deck, live by one's wits, play at hide and seek, obtain money under false pretenses, conjure, juggle, practice chicanery, deacon, play off, palm off, foist off, fob-off, lie, misinform, mislead, betray, be deceived.

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