snirt
/snɜː(ɹ)t/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A suppressed laugh; a sharp intake of breath.
Example Sentences
- ""He grins, and snirts, and thraws ye ken —"
- ""But ye see there was a great deal of blushing and snirting, and bits of made coughs, as if to keep down a thorough guffau.""
- "The Whaup grew very red in the face, and ‘snirted’ with laughter.""
- "We then have what we call ‘snirt’ storms."
- "Snirt or a mixture of snow and dirt is the term popularly applied to the windrows of dirt along the roads during a Minnesota winter."
- "‘Snirt’ is a thing of the spring."
Etymology
Origin uncertain. Either from Middle English snurten (“to sneer; snort, snore”), a variation of snorten (“to snort”); or from Middle English *snyrten, an alteration of fnyrten, fnerten, from Old English fnǣrettan. Compare also Norwegian snurt (“vexed, peevish”), Middle English snirt (“stern, gloomy”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: snurten, *snyrten, fnǣrettan
Usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Uncountable
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
snirtle
snirty