Snore
/snɔː/ noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
- 2 the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound wordnet
- 3 An extremely boring person or event. informal
- 4 the rattling noise produced when snoring wordnet
Verb
- 1 To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate. ambitransitive
"While you here do ſnoaring lie, / Open-ey'd Conſpiracie / His time doth take: / If of Life you keepe a care, / Shake off ſlumber, and beware. / Awake, awake."
- 2 breathe noisily during one's sleep wordnet
Example
More examples"When it comes to snoring, no one can top Mr Snore."
Etymology
From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).