Snore

Definition: Snore

Snore

Noun

1. The rattling noise produced when snoring.

2. The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound.

Verb

1. Breathe noisily during one's sleep.

Date "snore" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Specialty Definition: Snore

Domain	Definition
19th Century Satire	An unfavorable report from headquarters. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Literature	Snore You snore like an owl. It is very generally believed that owls snore, and it is quite certain that a noise like snoring proceeds from their nests; but this is most likely the "purring" of the young birds, nestling in comfort and warmth under the parent wing. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Snore

Synonyms: snoring (n), stertor (n), saw logs (v), saw wood (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Snore

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Inactivity	Sleep, slumber; sound sleep, heavy sleep, balmy sleep; Morpheus; Somnus; coma, trance, ecstasis, dream, hibernation, nap, doze, snooze, siesta, wink of sleep, forty winks, snore; hypnology.
	Sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze, snooze, nap; take a nap; Noun: dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Snore

English words defined with "snore": Snored. (references)

Specialty definitions using "snore": Driving Pigs ♦ Youth. (references)

Etymologies containing "snore": Snar. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Snore

Domain	Title
Books	Alex Cat : Explore and Snore (reference) Don't Snore Anymore: Your Complete Guide to a Quiet Night's Sleep (reference) Elephants Dont Snore (reference) Shiver, Gobble, and Snore (Her Concept Storybooks) (reference) Snore No More (reference) (more book examples)

Music	I Love It When You Snore (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Snore

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Photo Album: Snore

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Diffy's response was a terrific snore. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Snore".

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Snore.		Digital; snoring; whistling; whistle; snore; wheeze; wheezing; saw logs; sawing logs; respiring; respire; sleeping; sleep; dozing; doze.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Snore

Author	Quotation
Mrs. Patrick Campbell	"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone."
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Snore

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Only, he responded sometimes to the cannon with a snore.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Snore

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Dental appliances that reposition the lower jaw and the tongue have been helpful to some patients with mild sleep apnea or who snore but do not have apnea. (references)
		People most likely to have or develop sleep apnea include those who snore loudly and also are overweight, or have high blood pressure, or have some physical abnormality in the nose, throat, or other parts of the upper airway. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	YOUTH, n. The Period of Possibility, when Archimedes finds a fulcrum, Cassandra has a following and seven cities compete for the honor of endowing a living Homer. Youth is the true Saturnian Reign, the Golden Age on earth again, when figs are grown on thistles, and pigs betailed with whistles and, wearing silken bristles, live ever in clover, and clows fly over, delivering milk at every door, and Justice never is heard to snore, and every assassin is made a ghost and, howling, is cast into Baltimost! Polydore Smith Z
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Snore

"Snore" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 48.78% of the time. "Snore" is used about 82 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	48.78%	40	54,274
Noun (singular)	41.46%	34	59,261
Lexical Verb (base form)	9.76%	8	124,375
Total	100.00%	82	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Snore

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "snore": beer-snore.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Snore

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
snore	300	snore cure	3
snore stop	183	snore ban	3
snore relief	59	y snore	3
snore stopper	54	anti snore	3
snore remedy	46	no snore pillow	3
sleep snore	41	why do people snore	3
d snore	16	snore sound	3
snore guard	12	roar snore	3
snore no more	10	snore treatment	3
silent snore	9	her snore	2
snore pillow	8	snore free	2
snore strip	7	snore ease	2
snore angel	7	no snore	2
snore spray	6	snore formula	2
relief snore snorenz snoring spray	5	free.com snore	2
snore aids	5	more no snore spray	2
snore away	4	listen snore	2
snore fix	4	prevention snore	2
snore surgery	4	snore wav	2
dr formula harris original snore	3	snore device	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Snore

Language		Translations for "snore"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gërhitje (sniff, snorkel, wheeze), gërhij (snort), gërhas (sniff). (various references)

Arabic		‏غطيط, ‏غط, ‏خرخر (purr), ‏شخير (roar, snort), ‏شخر (peal, sniff, snort). (various references)

Bulgarian		хъркане, хъркам (roar). (various references)

Chinese		齁 (thirsty from salty food), 鼾 , �"鼾 (Snored, snoring), �"呼 . (various references)

Czech		chrápat (doss down), chrápání. (various references)

Danish		snorke. (various references)

Dutch		snurken (snoring), snorken (boast, brag), ronken, knorren (growling, to growl). (various references)

Esperanto		ronki. (various references)

Faeroese		snorka, rjóta. (various references)

Farsi		خرناس (Snort), خروپف کردن (Snort), خروپف , خرخرکردن (Grunt, Purr, Rattle). (various references)

Finnish		kuorsaus (snoring), kuorsata. (various references)

French		ronfler (snooze, snort), vrombir. (various references)

German		schnarchen (snoring, to snore). (various references)

Greek		ροχαλίζω. (various references)

Hebrew		ל� חור (grunt, snort), ל� חר, � חירת שריק�", � חיר�" (snort). (various references)

Hungarian		horkolás (snoring). (various references)

Indonesian		menggeros, mendengkur (purr, see: dengkur), geros, dengkuran, dengkur (grunt, purr). (various references)

Italian		russare. (various references)

Korean		�"곪. (various references)

Manx		strinnoogh. (various references)

Papiamen		ronka. (various references)

Pig Latin		oresnay

Portuguese		roncar (groan, growl, grumble, grunt, whirr), ressonar. (various references)

Romanian		sforãit (snort), sforãi (snort, snuffle), horcãit (ruckle, snoring, snort, snorting), hârâi (grate, growl, wheeze). (various references)

Russian		храпеть (snort). (various references)

Scottish		srann (a snore, buzz, hum, snort). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		hrkati, hrkanje (snoring). (various references)

Spanish		roncar (hoarsen), ronquido. (various references)

Swedish		snarkning, snarka. (various references)

Thai		เสียงกรน, กรน. (various references)

Turkish		horultu, horlamak, horlama. (various references)

Turkmen		horlamak (exhaust, snort), hor зekmek. (various references)

Ukrainian		хропіти (snort), хропіння (snort), храп, похропувати. (various references)

Vietnamese		tiếng ngáy. (various references)

Welsh		rhwnc (death-rattle, snort), chwyrnu (hum, snarl), chwyrniad (snarl, snoring). (various references)

Yucatec		akan. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Snore

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 35
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Hlqon gar dicasai anqrwpon kata tou patroV autou kai qugatera kata thV mhtroV authV kai numfhn kata thV penqeraV authV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Veni enim separare hominem adversus patrem suum et filiam adversus matrem suam et nurum adversus socrum suam
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ich com soðlice man äsundrian on-genhis fæder. & dohter on-gen hyra moder. & snore on-gean hire swegre.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	For Y cam to departe a man ayens his fadir, and the douytir ayens hir modir, and the sones wijf ayens the housbondis modir;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	For I am come to set a man at varyaunce ageynst hys father and the doughter ageynst hyr mother and the doughterlawe ageynst her motherlawe:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For I have come to put a man against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law:
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Snore

Language	Matthew Chapter 10, Verse 35
Cebuano	Kay mianhi ako sa pagpahimutang sa tawo aron makigbingkil siya batok sa iyang amahan, ug sa anak nga babaye batok sa iyang inahan, ug sa binalaye batok sa iyang ugangang babaye;
Croatian	Ta došao sam rastaviti èovjeka od oca njegova i kæer od majke njezine i snahu od svekrve njezine;
Danish	Thi jeg er kommen før at volde Splid imellem en Mand og hans Fader og imellem en Datter og hendes Moder og imellem en Svigerdatter og hendes Svigermoder,
Dutch	Want Ik ben gekomen, om den mens tweedrachtig te maken tegen zijn vader, en de dochter tegen haar moeder, en de schoondochter tegen haar schoonmoeder.
Finnish	Sillä minä olen tullut `nostamaan pojan riitaan isäänsä vastaan ja tyttären äitiänsä vastaan ja miniän anoppiansa vastaan;
French	Car je suis venu mettre la division entre l`homme et son père, entre la fille et sa mère, entre la belle-fille et sa belle-mère;
German	Denn ich bin gekommen, den Menschen zu erregen gegen seinen Vater und die Tochter gegen ihre Mutter und die Schwiegertochter gegen ihre Schwiegermutter.
Haitian Creole	Mwen vin mete divizyon ant pitit gason ak papa yo, ant pitit fi ak manman yo, ant bèlfi ak bèlmè yo.
Hungarian	Mert azért jöttem, hogy meghasonlást támaszszak az ember és az õ atyja, a leány és az õ anyja, a meny és az õ napa közt;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Aku datang menyebabkan anak laki-laki melawan bapaknya, anak perempuan melawan ibunya, dan menantu perempuan melawan ibu mertuanya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena Aku datang menceraikan orang dengan bapanya, dan anak yang perempuan dengan ibunya, dan menantu yang perempuan dengan mak mentuanya;
Italian	Sono venuto infatti a separare la nuora dalla suocera:
Manx Gaelic	Son ta mish er jeet dy scarrey dooinney veih e ayr, as yn inneen veih e moir, as y ven-chleuin veih e moir-'sy-leigh
Maori	I haere mai hoki ahau ki te mea i te tangata kia whawhai ki tona papa, i te tamahine ki tona whaea, i te hunaonga wahine ki tona hungawai wahine:
Norwegian	For jeg er kommet for å sette splid mellem en mann og hans far, og mellem en datter og hennes mor, og mellem en svigerdatter og hennes svigermor,
Portuguese	Porque eu vim pôr em dissensão o homem contra seu pai, a filha contra sua mãe, e a nora contra sua sogra;
Rumanian	Cqci am venit sq despart pe fiu de tatql squ, pe fiicq de mamq-sa, wi pe norq de soacrq-sa.
Russian	Й�'П с � ТЙЫЕМ ТБЪ�"ЕМЙФШ ЮЕМПЧЕЛБ У ПФ�"ПН ЕЗП, Й �"ПЮШ У НБФЕТША ЕЕ, Й ОЕЧЕУФЛХ УП УЧЕЛТПЧША ЕЕ.
Shuar	Shuar ni Aparín nakitrattawai. Nuwasha Nukurín nakitrattawai. Najatísha Tsatsarín nakitrattawai.
Swahili	Maana nimekuja kuleta mafarakano kati ya mtu na baba yake, kati ya binti na mama yake, kati ya mkwe na mkwe wake.
Swedish	Ja, jag har kommit för att uppväcka söndring, så att 'sonen sätter sig upp mot sin fader och dottern mot sin moder och sonhustrun mot sin svärmoder,
Uma
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Snore

Derivations
	Words beginning with "snore": snored, snorer, snorers, snores. (additional references)
	Words ending with "snore": outsnore. (additional references)
	Words containing "snore": outsnored, outsnores. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Snore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anore, gnore, Msboro, nore, senore, sinore, siore, skore, slore, snarf, snarge, snire, snoe, snoek, snoge, snone, snoore, snope, snor, snork, snoro, snorri, snory, snose, snote, snotee, snowe, snoze, snurge, snurk, snurp, snute, sonare, soner, sonore, sorne, suare, suore. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Snore"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "snore" (pronounced snô"r)
3	-n ô" r	ignore, nor.
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Anagrams: Snore

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: senor.
	Words within the letters "e-n-o-r-s"
	-1 letter: eons, erns, eros, noes, nose, ones, ores, roes, rose, sone, sore, sorn.
	-2 letters: ens, eon, ern, ers, nor, nos, oes, one, ons, ore, ors, ose, res, roe, sen, ser, son.
	-3 letters: en, er, es, ne, no, oe, on, or, os, re, so.
	Words containing the letters "e-n-o-r-s"
	+1 letter: arseno, boners, censor, crones, drones, enrols, genros, goners, herons, honers, irones, loners, nerols, nestor, nooser, nosher, nosier, noters, owners, person, reason, recons, redons, resown, rouens, rowens, senhor, senior, senora, senors, sensor, sermon, snored, snorer, snores, sonder, sooner, sorned, sorner, stoner, tenors, tensor, toners, trones, worsen, zoners.
	+2 letters: arenose, arenous, atoners, bonders, bonkers, boranes, boreens, bournes, bronzes, censors, cloners, coarsen, coiners, confers, congers, conkers, conners, corneas, cornels, corners, cornets, crepons, cronies, dehorns, dineros, downers, droners, enamors, encores, endorse, enduros, engross, enrobes, enrolls, enroots, erasion, eringos, erosion, eryngos, estrone, frontes, gorhens, governs, groynes, heroins, hoarsen, honkers, hornets, ignores, indorse, inshore, ironers, ironies, joiners, knowers, loaners, longers, mentors, merinos, merlons, moaners, moderns, mongers, monster, moreens, morgens, narcose, necrose, nerolis, nervous, nestors, neurons, nodders, noisier, nonuser, noosers, norites, noshers, oarsmen, oestrin, onagers, onerous, onshore, openers, operons, oranges, orceins, ordines, orgones, orients, orpines, perrons, persona, persons, ponders, postern, presong, pyrones, reasons, reckons, recoins, regions, rejoins, reloans, renowns, renvois, reopens, reshone, reshown, resound, respond, rezones, rodents, rodsmen, rondels, ronnels, rosined, scorned, scorner, senator, senhora, senhors, seniors, senoras, senores, sensors, sensory, sermons, serrano, shorten, signore, snooker, snooper, snoozer, snorers, snorkel, snorted, snorter, snowier, sonders, sonsier, sooners, sorbent, sordine, sorners, sounder, sponger, stentor, stoners, stonier, surgeon, swooner, tenours, tensors, thrones, tongers, tonners, tonsure, treason, undoers, unhorse, unrobes, unsober, unswore, urinose, vendors, version, wonders, wonners, worsens, yonkers.
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