🇬🇧 Snoring meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Snoring is the silly, sometimes very loud noise people (and even animals) make while they are asleep, when the air going in and out of their nose or mouth makes their throat vibrate like a tiny motor or a sleepy trumpet.

Mom said my snoring last night was so powerful it scared the hiccups out of her.

Our family tent didn’t blow away in the wind; it was held down by Dad’s heavy-duty snoring.

I recorded my dad’s snoring and used it as the sound effect for an angry dragon in my video game.

The baby’s tiny snoring sounded like a mouse trying to blow up a balloon.

Snoring can be so loud that some people have been measured at over 80 decibels.

On the bus, his snoring started soft. The snoring swelled, then broke into a loud snoring honk. The snoring made a baby giggle and the driver smile. A friend gently tapped his shoulder; the snoring quieted, then returned once, a tiny snoring snooze. He woke, sheepish, and everyone laughed softly.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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