snorter

[ snawr-ter ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that snorts.

  2. Informal. something extraordinary of its kind: a real snorter of a storm.

Origin of snorter

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; snort + -er1

Words Nearby snorter

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How to use snorter in a sentence

  • I guess ol' Dan's the idee, if you can drive him; he's a ring-tailed snorter.

    Wayside Courtships | Hamlin Garland
  • I say, then, that Lady Pogson or Mrs. snorter can never conduct their husbands' table properly.

    The Fitz-Boodle Papers | William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Lots of them were hustlers and full of business and their city surely is a snorter.

  • And when he gave the benediction, the snorter disappeared in a flash, with a strong smell of brimstone, I suppose?

    The Leatherwood God | William Dean Howells
  • A real snorter was the saucy little Dolphin, I can tell you, messmates.

British Dictionary definitions for snorter

snorter

/ (ˈsnɔːtə) /


noun
  1. a person or animal that snorts

  2. British slang something outstandingly impressive or difficult

  1. British slang something or someone ridiculous

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