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snore
I. \ˈsnō(ə)r, -ȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English snoren; akin to Middle Low German & Dutch snorren to drone, hum, Middle Dutch snarren to drone, hum, Middle Low German & Middle High German, to rattle, gossip, Middle High German snerren to chatter, gossip
intransitive verb
1. chiefly Scotland : snort
2. : to breathe during sleep with a rough hoarse noise due to vibration of the uvula and the soft palate
3.
a. : to make a sound as of snoring : roar, rumble
b. of a ship : to cut the waves with a roar
< snoring along in a good twelve-knot breeze — Vincent McHugh >
4. dialect : declare — used in the expression I snore
< I snore I don't think there's much difference — T.C.Haliburton >
transitive verb
1. : to spend in snoring — used with away or out
< snored away the interval between their own arrival and that of the expected repast — Sir Walter Scott >
2. : to utter with a snore
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from snoren, v.
1. : an act of snoring
2. : a noise of or as if of snoring
< the deep snore of distant traffic — Margery Allingham > |