snorter
Americannoun
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a person or thing that snorts.
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Informal. something extraordinary of its kind.
a real snorter of a storm.
noun
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a person or animal that snorts
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slang something outstandingly impressive or difficult
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slang something or someone ridiculous
Etymology
Origin of snorter
Example Sentences
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Brook fended O'Rourke's snorter and Bethell, having come through the O'Rourke barrage, sliced the first ball of a new Southee spell to deep point to waste the opportunity of a maiden hundred.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2024
Mark Wood produced a snorter to remove Kusal Mendis, then Shoaib Bashir a scuttler to pin Dinesh Chandimal, a two-paced pitch with some uneven bounce playing a part in Sri Lanka’s lurch to 113-7.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
A snorter of a delivery that lifts and moves away, but Karunaratne nonetheless fences at vaguely needlessly, and gets a nick through to Bairstow.
From The Guardian ● May 21, 2016
The best No10 in Test cricket was greeted by a snorter from Roach that had him jerking his nose back like a man discovering an unpleasantly clotted milk jug at his breakfast table.
From The Guardian ● May 19, 2012
"Sit in the bottom of the boat," Frank said; "this is a snorter."
From By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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