snorter

English

Etymology

snort +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

snorter (plural snorters)

1. One who snorts.
2. (slang) Something extraordinary or remarkable.

   The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper.

3. (UK, slang) Something that is extremely difficult.

   The maths problem is a real snorter, isn't it?

4. (slang) A punch on the nose.
   • 1855, Frank L. Dowling, Fights for the Championship and Celebrated Prize Battles, page 128:

     Both ready, and on their guard; Burke evidently waiting for Byrne to commence; but incautiously putting down his hands to wipe them on his drawers, Byrne, as quick as lightning, popped in a snorter.

   • 1857, George Borrow, The Romany Rye:

     And thereupon, remembering that he had threatened to wring my nose, I gave him a snorter upon his own.

5. (nautical, slang) A powerful gale.

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