SNORING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snoring mean? 

• SNORING (noun)
  The noun SNORING has 1 sense:

1. the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound

  Familiarity information: SNORING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNORING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of snoring or producing a snoring sound

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

snore; snoring; stertor

Hypernyms ("snoring" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Derivation:

snore (breathe noisily during one's sleep)

 Context examples 

Clinical signs include snoring, insomnia or hypersomnia, difficulty concentrating and fatigue.

(Central Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The old woman then mixed a sleeping draught with their wine, and before long they were all lying on the floor of the cellar, fast asleep and snoring.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Clinical presentation usually includes snoring, daytime sleepiness, difficulty concentrating and fatigue.

(Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

In the corner a very fat man was lying all a-sprawl upon a truss, snoring stertorously, and evidently in the last stage of drunkenness.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A drunken man, snoring horribly in his breathing, was curled up in the passage, absolutely oblivious to the stream of people who flowed round and occasionally over him.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the morning Henry renewed the fire and cooked breakfast to the accompaniment of his partner's snoring.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

“Her husband lies snoring on the kitchen rug. Here are his keys, which are the duplicates of Mr. Rucastle’s.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

An abnormal disruption of sleep, such as sleep walking, sleep talking, nightmares, bedwetting, sleep apnea (problems with breathing that cause loud snoring), or nighttime seizures.

(Parasomnia, NCI Dictionary)

It is not a pleasant noise in itself, and I have often complained of it at other times, but just then it was like music to hear my friends snoring together so loud and peaceful in their sleep.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

In the light room, Dora blushing looked so lovely, that I could not tear myself away, but sat there staring, in a dream, until the snoring of Mr. Spenlow inspired me with sufficient consciousness to take my leave.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)