Snoring

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snoring
       adj : breathing during sleep with harsh noises caused by vibration
             of the uvula or soft palate; "the snoring sleeper"
       n : the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound [syn: {snore},
            {stertor}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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