snork
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch snorken or Middle Low German snorken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀukōn (“to snore, snort”).
Verb
[edit]snork (third-person singular simple present snorks, present participle snorking, simple past and past participle snorked)
- (dialectal) To snore.
- (intransitive) To snort, grunt; breathe or inhale noisily.
- (transitive, usually followed by "down") To eat quickly or voraciously
- 2020 December 27, Dave Barry, “Dave Barry’s year in review: 2020 was a year of nonstop awfulness”, in Anchorage Daily News[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Verb
[edit]snork
- imperative of snorke
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]snork c
- (colloquial) someone impolite in a haughty manner
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | snork | snorks |
| definite | snorken | snorkens | |
| plural | indefinite | snorkar | snorkars |
| definite | snorkarna | snorkarnas |
Related terms
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