Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snorting

/snˈɔɹtɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: snort-ing
IPA: /snˈɔɹtɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of snort

noun

A snort sound or action.

adj

Very large or significant; whopping.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"At length it grew dark; they though, they heard a sound of whizzing and snorting in the air, such as the swans use to make in the; winter time."
"Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings."
"[…] a snorting great monster in the shed […]"
"Mr. Poirot has been caught up in some absolutely snorting killings."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

snortings (plural) more snorting (comparative) most snorting (superlative)

Derived Forms

snortingly

Synonyms

puffing huffing

Rhymes With

supporting reporting sporting sorting transporting exporting importing resorting courting distorting purporting deporting

Questions

How do you pronounce snorting?: The recorded pronunciation is /snˈɔɹtɪŋ/.
What does snorting mean?: present participle and gerund of snort

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