snore
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
noun
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the act, instance, or sound of snoring.
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Slang. a person or thing that is dull and boring.
Eighth grade is such a snore.
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
- outsnore verb (used with object)
- snorer noun
- unsnoring adjective
Etymology
Origin of snore
1300–50; Middle English snoren (v.); cognate with Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snorren
Example Sentences
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In an hour Duane might hear the musk ox loudly snoring from his field below.
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Late at night, when the fire was only a few glowing coals and Gran was snoring, I slipped out of bed and sat at the spinning wheel.
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He could hear crickets and the hoot of an owl, and from the room inside, the soft snores of a family who would be relieved in the morning when he wasn’t there.
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You slither out onto its snuggly warm blackness, and pretty soon you get so cozy and content lying there that you fall asleep, stretched out and snoring, even.
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"First Prize for Largest Sleeper," she read, almost tripping over a snoring Newfoundland dog.
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