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snorter en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From snort + -er.

Meanings

1. One who snorts.
2. (slang) Something extraordinary or remarkable.
   • The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper.
3. (UK, slang) Something that is extremely difficult.
   • The maths problem is a real snorter, isn't it?
4. (slang) A punch on the nose.
   • And thereupon, remembering that he had threatened to wring my nose, I gave him a snorter upon his own. 1857, George Borrow, The Romany Rye:
   • Both ready, and on their guard; Burke evidently waiting for Byrne to commence; but incautiously putting down his hands to wipe them on his drawers, Byrne, as quick as lightning, popped in a snorter. 1855, Frank L. Dowling, Fights for the Championship and Celebrated Prize Battles, page 128:
5. (slang) A powerful gale.

Forms

Deriveds

short snorter