单词 | snorter |
释义 | snortern.1 1. a. One who or that which snorts (†or snores); a person who utters a snort in scorn, indignation, etc.; also, a pig. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by noises > [noun] > that grunts grunterc1440 snorter1601 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] swineOE hogOE grice?c1225 pig?a1425 pork?a1425 grunterc1440 gussie15.. grunting-cheat1567 snorter1601 sow's-baby1699 grumphie1786 piggy-wig1870 turf-hog1880 troughster1892 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > snort > person snorter1601 1601 R. Hakluyt tr. A. Galvano Discov. World 85 Besides these there be certaine fishes which make a noyse like vnto hogs, and will snort, for which cause they be named snorters. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Ronfleur, a snorer, a snorter. 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 213 Surely that thing..renders the Snorters of the Schooles unexcusable. 1827 in Evans Leic. Gloss. (at cited word) To labourer Tom I give the swine: Snorters collected with great pains. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 25 Aug. 1/3 Suppose, then,..that the Welsh ‘snorters’ had carried their point. b. dialect. The wheatear. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc.) > subfamily Turdinae > [noun] > oenanthe oenanthe (wheatear) arlingc1000 clot-bird1544 smatch1544 steinchek1544 wheatear1591 whitetail1611 fallow-smiter1666 stone-check1668 stone-smatch1668 chucka1682 horse-match1736 stone-chatter1783 white-rump1795 snorter1802 clodhopper1834 stone-chacker1853 horse-masher1885 stone-clink1885 1802 G. Montagu Ornithol. Dict. at Wheatear 1863 W. Barnes Gram. & Gloss. Dorset Dial. 87 Snorter, the bird wheat-ear. 2. In various slang or colloquial senses: a. U.S. ‘A dashing, riotous fellow’ (Bartlett). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness > vigorous or lively person colt1723 lively1798 snorter1846 dog1909 1846 T. B. Thorpe Myst. Backwoods 182 I am a roaring earthquake in a fight,..a real snorter of the universe. 1872 M. S. De Vere Americanisms 224 If animal spirits are a little too prominent, and assert themselves with vehemence, they procure for the owner the name of snorter. b. A stiff or strong wind; a gale. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind birra1325 racka1400 galea1547 Euroclydon1561 huff-gale1582 whiskera1598 gale-wind1628 sniffler1768 snifter1768 storm wind1839 buster1848 snorter1855 snorer1871 blusterer1877 ripsnorter1889 smeller1898 hurricane wind1921 1855 H. A. Murray Lands of Slave & Free I. vii. 110 My..regret..that I could not see her under the high pressure of a good snorter. a1859 in Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 424 The skipper said..we must make all snug, for we're going to have a snorter. 1900 F. A. Steel Hosts of Lord xix We had a regular black snorter. c. Anything exceptionally remarkable for size, strength, severity, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > an exceptionally large thing of its kind swinger1599 rapper1653 thumper1660 whisker1668 spanker1751 slapper1781 whopper1785 skelper1790 smasher1794 pelter1811 swapper1818 jumbo1823 sneezer1823 whacker1825 whanger1825 infant1832 bulger1835 three-decker1835 bouncer1842 snorter1859 whalera1860 plonker1862 bruiser1868 snapper1874 plumper1881 boomer1885 heavy1897 sollicker1898 sanakatowzer1903 Moby Dicka1974 stonker1987 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > types of stroke long ball1744 nip1752 catch1816 no-hit1827 cut1833 short hit1833 draw1836 drive1836 square hit1837 skylarker1839 skyer1840 skyscraper1842 back-cut1845 bum1845 leg sweep1846 slog1846 square cut1850 driver1851 Harrow drive1851 leg slip1852 poke1853 snick1857 snorter1859 leg stroke1860 smite1861 on-drive1862 bump ball1864 rocketer1864 pull1865 grass trimmer1867 late cut1867 off-drive1867 spoon1871 push1873 push stroke1873 smack1875 Harrow drive1877 pull-stroke1880 leg glance1883 gallery-hit1884 boundary-stroke1887 glide1888 sweep1888 boundary1896 hook1896 leg glide1896 backstroke1897 flick1897 hook stroke1897 cover-drive1898 straight drive1898 square drive1900 edger1905 pull-drive1905 slash1906 placing stroke1907 push drive1912 block shot1915 if-shot1920 placing shot1921 cow-shot1922 mow1925 Chinese cut1937 haymaker1954 hoick1954 perhapser1954 air shot1956 steepler1959 mishook1961 swish1963 chop- 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 399 The Commander-in-Chief..certainly did put forth ‘a snorter of a General Order’. 1886 M. E. Kennard Girl in Brown Habit i Some of these fences are regular downright snorters. 1888 R. A. H. Mitchell in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xiii. 380 How different this..from being compelled to play a real ‘snorter’ before the breath is fairly recovered after the effort of running several fourers in succession! 1898 G. Giffen With Bat & Ball xi. 189 I know of no bowler whom one has to watch so closely [as T. R. McKibbin], for you never know when you are going to get a ‘snorter’ of a break, from one side or the other. 1899 Daily News 19 July 5/5 It is a leader of the kind which we used to describe as ‘a regular snorter’. 1929 Morning Post 11 Mar. 16/4 When in the next Test, at Lord's, McDonald bowled him [sc. Hendren] for 0 with a ‘snorter’. 1954 J. H. Fingleton Ashes crown Year xxiv. 257 May..now hit another ‘snorter’ through the covers. d. A blow on the nose ( Slang Dict. 1874). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > [noun] > on the head > on the nose snitch1676 snitchel1676 conker1821 smeller1824 nozzler1828 noser1829 snorter1829 nose-ender1854 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 119 The latter got a severe snorter, which not only uncorked the claret, but left a stupifying quality behind it. e. The nose itself. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 353 The snorter of Raines looked red! For why? Jones's mauley had given it a rum tap! 1846 ‘Lord Chief Baron’ Swell's Night Guide (new ed.) 132/2 Snorter, the nose. 1925 O. Jespersen Mankind, Nation & Individual viii. 156 Lastly we have Slang-words for..the Nose. Danish, snude... Engl., a number of expressions:..snorter, snorer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). snortern.2 Nautical. 1. = snotter n.2 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > types of short ropes leg1611 snorter1750 snotter1815 pigtail1894 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [noun] > mast > collar on mast for fastening sprit snorter1750 snotter1769 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 154 Snorters, the Smiths put them on one End of the Beak Iron, to turn any of their Work with. 1886 Field 27 Feb. 251/2 The lower end or heel has been known often to part or jump out of the becket or snorter, which supports it and confines it to the mast. 2. = snotter n.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of warp1296 sewing-rope1336 viring-rope1336 wardrope1338 bast1357 breast rope1412 balk-line1506 waterline1626 shank1706 selvage1711 shroud hawser1744 white line1747 selvagee1750 cringle1787 staple-rope1794 bracing-rope1827 selvage-stropc1860 soga1860 four-cant1867 toggle-lanyard1874 maguey1908 snorter1950 snotter1950 1950 Bown & Dove Port Operation & Admin. iv. 138 The snotter, or snorter, is a length of cordage or S.W.R. with an eye spliced in each end. 1965 R. B. Oram Cargo Handling v. 93 Rope snorters are used at Sydney and Brisbane to discharge the pallets and these are left on the cargo at loading. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). snortern.3 U.S. (See quot. 1859.) ΚΠ 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) 424 Snorter, the edge pieces of tortoise-shell, called also toe-nails or nails. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈsnorter ˈsnorter n.4 a submarine fitted with a snort. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > submarine submarine1889 Holland1899 sub1915 pigboat1921 fish1925 guppy1948 killer submarine1955 snorter1962 nuclear1969 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 109/1 Snorter, submarine fitted with the snorkel device which enables her to keep at sea for a considerable period. < n.11601n.21750n.31859 as lemmas |
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