snorter
snorter noun: one who snorts.
Noun
snorter (plural snorters)
- One who snorts.
- Something extraordinary or remarkable.
- The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper.
- Something that is extremely difficult.
- The maths problem is a real snorter, isn't it?
- A punch on the nose.
- Both ready, and on their guard; Burke evidently waiting for Byrne to commence; but incautiously putting down his hands to wipe them on his drawers, Byrne, as quick as lightning, popped in a snorter.1855, Frank L. Dowling, Fights for the Championship and Celebrated Prize Battles, page 128
- And thereupon, remembering that he had threatened to wring my nose, I gave him a snorter upon his own.1857, George Borrow, The Romany Rye
- A powerful gale.
snorter meaning in Tamil
snorter in Tamil
- செறுமுபவர்
Forms of snorter
| plural | snorters |
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Origin of snorter
From snort + -er.
Words formed from snorter
Words that rhyme with snorter
- quarter
- supporter
- mortar
- reporter
- transporter
- porter
- sporter
- exhorter
- shorter
- sorter
- thwarter
- courter
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Questions about snorter
- What does snorter mean?
- Snorter means one who snorts.
- What is snorter in Tamil?
- Snorter in Tamil is செறுமுபவர். See Snorter meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is snorter?
- Snorter is a noun.
- What is the plural of snorter?
- The plural of snorter is snorters.
Words near snorter in the dictionary
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