[sneer] vb [prob. akin to MHG snerren to chatter, gossip--more at snore] vi (1680) 1: to smile or laugh with facial contortions that express scorn or contempt
2: to speak or write in a scornfully jeering manner ~ vt: to utter with a sneer syn see scoff -- sneer.er n
[2]sneer n (1707): the act of sneering; also: a sneering expression or remark