snorkn.

/snɔːk/

Etymology: < snork v.

1. A snort or grunt; a noisy sniff or inhalation. dialect.

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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > [noun] > grunt or snort

snorec1330

grunt?1615

gruntlea1689

sneer17..

snort1808

snork1814

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > other vocal sounds > [noun] > snort

snorting1575

snurting1611

snork1814

snort1864

woofling1932

1814 R. Henderson Treat. Breeding Swine in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1115 The pig..gave a snork.

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 430 Snork, the snort of an affrighted horse.

2. A young pig; a pigling.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young

farrowa700

grice?c1225

piga1250

hogling1377

porketa1555

porkling1561

porkin1570

swine shoat1581

hog-babe1610

hoglet1611

pigling1612

piggy1625

gruntling1686

porkrel1694

piggy-wiggy1766

griceling1782

boneen1827

slip1832

piglet1839

slip-pig1844

squeaker1861

piggy-wig1870

snork1891

snorker1891

1891 ‘Son of Marshes’ in Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 651 The farm lad who leads a family of snorks from one part of a wood..to another.

1895 ‘Son of Marshes’ in Month Oct. 248 The little nose-twisting,..curly-tailed, winking, and blinking snorks.

3. Australian and New Zealand slang. A baby.

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the world > people > person > baby or infant > [noun]

childOE

baban?c1225

fauntekin1377

infant1382

babea1393

fauntelet1393

babyc1400

lakinc1440

mop1440

chrisomer1574

tenderling1587

chrisom1596

childling1648

flosculet1648

bratling1652

lullaby-cheat1665

strangera1674

child (also infant, baby) in armsa1675

hoppet1695

tot1725

bambino1761

weanie1786

tiny1797

dot1800

trudgeon1814

toddle1825

toddles1828

yearnling1829

dab1833

toddler1837

baba1841

arrival1846

teeny-tiny1849

toddlekins1852

mite1853

trot1854

babelet1856

nestler1866

spoon-child1868

bubby1885

chavvy1886

bub1889

kiddy1889

toddleskin1890

newborn1893

kidlet1899

kidling1899

bubba1906

bundle of joy1924

liddly1929

mammet1932

snork1941

kiddywink1957

sproglet1987

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 68 Snork, a baby.

1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang vi. 57 Other twentieth century New Zealand expressions of varied use include..snork, a baby.

1945 L. Glassop We were Rats 273 Got a scar on his hand, but probably he's had it since he was a little snork.

1956 D. M. Davin Sullen Bell ii. v. 136 What I wasn't expecting was to find her living with the same bloke again and well on the way to having another snork.

1963 B. Pearson Coal Flat x. 194 It's better to knock it on the head at birth, isn't it? Like a snork you don't want.

1970 D. M. Davin Not here, not Now ii. vii. 108 Have to give up being on the bum once there's a snork or two to be looked after.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

snorkv.

/snɔːk/

Etymology: probably < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German snorken (still Dutch and Low German; hence Danish snorke ), variant of snarken snark v.

Now dialect.

1. intransitive. To snore.

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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > audible breathing > [verb (intransitive)] > snore

routeOE

snortc1386

snorec1440

snork?1537

snotter1710

snortle1807

blurta1825

to drive pigs (to market)1828

?1537 in W. Tyndale Expos. Fyrste, Seconde & Thyrde Epist. St. Jhon (3 John i. 5–8) f. xcviii^v We..lye snorkyng lyke sloggardes.

1565 T. Stapleton Fortresse of Faith f. 121^v Thou shalt not heare there the seruauntes snorke.

2. To snort or grunt; to breathe noisily. Said esp. of horses and pigs.Other dialect senses are recorded in the Eng. Dial. Dict.

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the world > animals > by noises > voice or sound made by animal > make sound [verb (intransitive)] > grunt or snort

grunnyc1340

groinc1400

gruntlec1400

snorec1400

snortc1405

snortle1577

snork1807

snark1866

1807 Hogg Pedlar xxiv, in Poems (1865) 66 The horses they snorkit for miles around.

1814 R. Henderson Treat. Breeding Swine in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1113 The pig ran snorking and grunting after her.

1868– in Sc. and north. glossaries and texts ( Eng. Dial. Dict. ).

Derivatives

ˈsnorker n. = snork n. 2.

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