asnort

adj

asnort

adj

/əˈsnɔː(ɹ)t/

Etymology From a- + snort.

1

Snorting.

  • A chair had already been pushed against the girls' locker room door. Whispering, almost asnort with stealthy expectation, two of the boys climbed up.1948, Marjorie Holmes, Ten o'clock scholar, page 156:
  • Even though it was still short of lights-out by two hours, the enlisted men's quarters was abuzz and asnort with the sounds of sleeping men when I dragged my seabag through the hatchway.2001, Wesley Hall, The Hooligan Navy: A True Story about the Old Coast Guard, page 163:

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