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[syn: snore, snoring, stertor]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snoring \Snor"ing\, n. (Physiol.)
The act of respiring through the open mouth so that the
currents of inspired and expired air cause a vibration of the
uvula and soft palate, thus giving rise to a sound more or
less harsh. It is usually unvoluntary, but may be produced
voluntarily.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snore \Snore\ (sn[=o]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snored
(sn[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Snoring.] [OE. snoren, AS.
snora a snoring; akin to LG. snoren, snorken, snurken, to
snore, D. snorken, G. schnarchen to snore, schnarren to
rattle, MHG. snarren, Sw. snarka to snore, Icel. snarka to
sputter, fizzle. Cf. Snarl to growl, Sneer, Snort. See
Snoring.]
To breathe with a rough, hoarse, nasal voice in sleep.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
snoring
n 1: the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound [syn:
snore, snoring, stertor]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "snoring":
Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspiration, asthmatic,
asthmatic wheeze, breath, breath of air, breathing, broken wind,
cough, effervescent, errhine, exhalation, expiration, expiratory,
exsufflation, fizzling, gasp, gulp, hack, heaving, hiccup, hissing,
huffing, hushing, inhalation, inhalator, inspiration, inspiratory,
insufflation, iron lung, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, nasal,
oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, panting, pneumonic, puff, puffing,
pulmonary, pulmonic, respiration, respiratory, rhinal, scuba,
sibilant, sigh, sissing, sizzling, sneeze, sneezy, sniff, sniffing,
sniffle, sniffling, sniffly, sniffy, snore, snorting, snuff,
snuffle, snuffling, snuffly, snuffy, sternutation, sternutatory,
stertor, stertorous, suspiration, wheeze, wheezing, wheezy, wind