snorter

[ snawr-ter ]

noun

1. a person or thing that snorts.
2. Informal. something extraordinary of its kind:

   a real snorter of a storm.

snorter

/ ˈsnɔːtə /

noun

1. a person or animal that snorts
2. slang.
   something outstandingly impressive or difficult
3. slang.
   something or someone ridiculous

Word History and Origins

Origin of snorter¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; snort + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Harry Tector, in particular, took a battering before he was dismissed by a snorter from Bumrah which reared up and brushed his glove before it struck him on the helmet and was caught by Kohli.

From BBC

Root, though, could do nothing about a snorter from Axar that took the glove and was held at gully.

From BBC

Gets an absolute snorter that explodes off the pitch and up past the outside edge.

From The Guardian

A snorter of a delivery that lifts and moves away, but Karunaratne nonetheless fences at vaguely needlessly, and gets a nick through to Bairstow.

From The Guardian

Morkel is straight on Stokes with a couple of short snorters, one that the Durham man gloves at about shoulder height, and it loops through where leg gully might’ve been.

From The Guardian