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say it: SNAWR-tur
snorter is a noun meaning "someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound". It is pronounced /ˈsnɔɹtɚ/ — SNAWR-tur. It carries 3 recorded senses.
someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound
something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent
“a snorter of a sermon”
“the storm wasn't long but it was a snorter”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for snorter come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.