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
Any suggestion it might be easy was dispelled when Patterson gave Morris the definitive snorter.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2012
If it failed, and the snorter came from anywhere between southwest and north, back the Mary Rogers would be hurled and be no better off than she had been seven weeks before.
From Brown Wolf and Other Jack London Stories Chosen and Edited By Franklin K. Mathiews by Jack London
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