snork

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UK/snɔːk/US/snɔɹk/

verb

To snore.

OriginDutch snorken ← Middle Low German snorken ← Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀukōn →
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Meanings

verbsnork (third-person singular simple present snorks, present participle snorking, simple past and past participle snorked)

present singular third person snorks · participle present snorking · participle past snorked · past snorked

  1. dialectalTo snore.
  2. intransitiveTo snort, grunt; breathe or inhale noisily.
  3. transitiveusuallyTo eat quickly or voraciously

    There’s a lot of it this year because there were few trick-or-treaters, leaving many Americans with no choice but to snork down the weight of an adult male cocker spaniel in mini Snickers.

    2020 December 27, Dave Barry, “Dave Barry’s year in review: 2020 was a year of nonstop awfulness”, in Anchorage Daily News

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*fnoʀukōn“to snore, snort”
  2. Middle Low Germansnorken
  3. Dutchsnorken
  4. Englishsnork

From Dutch snorken or Middle Low German snorken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀukōn (“to snore, snort”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with snork

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Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“snork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snork. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snork,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snork.

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