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Word entry · 5 letters

snore

Best crossword clue

"Noisy sleep sound"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /snɔː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted enorsStarts with SEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. 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

01Noisy sleep sound5 letters
02Sleep noisily5 letters

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