loud snorker
- noun
- /laʊd ˈsnɔrkər/
- UK
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roncador
- Anyone who has shared a tent with a loud snorker knows how hard it is to sleep.
Examples
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My husband is such a loud snorker that I can hear him from the next room.
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She's a loud snorker, so we always offer her the guest room furthest away.
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My brother is a loud snorker.
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Are you a loud snorker too?
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Anyone who has shared a tent with a loud snorker knows how hard it is to sleep.
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My husband is such a loud snorker that I can hear him from the next room.
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She's a loud snorker, so we always offer her the guest room furthest away.
Synonyms
2
2.5
A person who makes a loud breathing sound while sleeping
How Loud
- UK
2
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
loud + snorker
While 'loud' is fully transparent, 'snorker' is not attested in the dictionary provided; its -er agentive form suggests it could mean 'a person who snores' (from 'snore'/'snork'), so a learner might plausibly infer 'a person who snores very loudly'. Because the second constituent is nonstandard/uncertain, the meaning is only partially predictable rather than fully transparent.
Etymology
Loud snorker comes from the sound 'snork', a word that copies the noisy breathing someone makes when they sleep. So loud + snorker gives the image of a person who snores very loudly and disturbs other people.