Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snork

/snɔɹk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: snork
IPA: /snɔɹk/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

verb

To snort, grunt; breathe or inhale noisily.

Intransitive verb

verb

To eat quickly or voraciously

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"There’s a lot of it this year because there were few trick-or-treaters, leaving many Americans with no choice but to snork down the weight of an adult male cocker spaniel in mini Snickers."

Etymology

From Dutch snorken or Middle Low German snorken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀukōn (“to snore, snort”).

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: snorken, *fnoʀukōn

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /snɔɹk/
British English: /snɔːk/

Usage

Inflected Forms

snorks (present, singular) snorking (participle, present) snorked (participle, past) snorked (past)

Derived Forms

snorker

Phrases

snork down

Rhymes With

york fork pork cork torque dork quark orc stork bork wark spork

Questions

How do you pronounce snork?: The recorded pronunciation is /snɔɹk/.
What does snork mean?: To snore.
Where does snork come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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