Definitions
breathe noisily during one's sleep
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Noisy sleep sound”5 letters
02“Sleep noisily”5 letters
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