Meaning

2 senses
  1. The act of snoring, and the noise produced.

    Schnarchen

    храпxrap

    храпxrap

    the rattling noise produced when snoring

  2. (informal)An extremely boring person or event.

Examples

386 sentences
  1. Tom snores louder than anyone else I know.

    Том хропить гучніше, ніж будь-хто інший з усіх, кого я знаю.

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  2. Tom started to snore.

    Том захропів.

    ruТом захрапел.

    deTom fing an zu schnarchen.

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  3. I don't usually snore.

    Я зазвичай не хроплю.

    ruЯ обычно не храплю.

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  4. Tom heard Mary snoring.

    Том чув, як Мері хропіла.

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  5. Tom is still snoring.

    Том все ще хропить.

    ruТом ещё храпит.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act and noise of snoring:
Русский
By meaning 1
act and noise of snoring:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act and noise of snoring:

Origin

From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore,

From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”).

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Forms

plural: snores
Singularsnore
Pluralsnores

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

Collocations

10 patterns
  • snores louder than
  • snoring loudly
  • snoring in the
  • snoring didn't bother
  • snores louder
  • snoring kept
  • your snoring didn't
  • who was snoring
  • started snoring
  • snore but

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snore — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto