snore
noun/snɔː(r)/
/snɔːr/
- noisy breathing while you are asleep
- She lay awake listening to his snores.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘a snort, snorting’): probably imitative; compare with snort.Definitions on the go
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