snorter

[ snawr-ter ]

/ ˈsnɔr tər /

noun

a person or thing that snorts.

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

Nearby words

Origin of snorter

First recorded in 1595–1605; snort + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for snorter

He's a snorter, that's what he is, an' I've heard his whole story a hundred times over.
Commodore Barney's Young Spies|James Otis
He poured out a snorter and balanced it on the flat of his thumb.
Plain Mary Smith|Henry Wallace Phillips
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
Lots of them were hustlers and full of business and their city surely is a snorter.
An American Hobo in Europe|Ben Goodkind

Facing the Snorter, he spat in his face, with a noise like thunder, a piece of bezoar as large as a rice-bowl.
Myths and Legends of China|E. T. C. Werner

British Dictionary definitions for snorter

snorter

/ (ˈsnɔːtə) /

noun

a person or animal that snorts

British slang something outstandingly impressive or difficult

British slang something or someone ridiculous

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