Snore Definition

snôr
snored, snores, snoring
verb
snored, snores, snoring
To breathe, while asleep, with harsh sounds caused by vibration of the soft palate, usually with the mouth open.
Webster's New World
noun
snores
The act or sound of snoring.
Webster's New World
The noise so produced.
American Heritage Medicine
The definition of a snore is a snorting sound made when asleep caused by the vibration of the soft palate, or a snore is slang for something that is very boring.
The snorting sound that your husband makes when you are sleeping that sends you running for the guest room is an example of a snore.
A dull movie that you keep falling asleep during is an example of a snore.
YourDictionary

(informal) An extremely boring person or event.

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Other Word Forms of Snore

Noun

Singular:
snore
Plural:
snores

Origin of Snore

  • Middle English snoren to snort from fnoren from Old English fnora sneezing pneu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • from Middle English snoren, akin to Middle Low German snorren (“to drone").

    From Wiktionary

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