snore
verbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//snɔː//
- United States//snoɹ//
- //sno(ː)ɹ//
- //snoə//
To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
verb
- 1
To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
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.
The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light.
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).
noun
- 1
The act of snoring, and the noise produced.
- 2
informalAn extremely boring person or event.
Forms
- plural
- snores
- past tense
- snored
- past participle
- snored
- present participle
- snoring
- third person singular
- snores
snore · To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
snoring · The action or sound of breathing during sleep with harsh,…snort · The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the…snorting · A snort sound or action.