"snork" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: snorks [present, singular, third-person], snorking [participle, present], snorked [participle, past], snorked [past]
Etymology: From Dutch snorken or Middle Low German snorken, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀukōn (“to snore, snort”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|snorken}} Dutch snorken, {{bor|en|gml|snorken}} Middle Low German snorken, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*fnoʀukōn|t=to snore, snort}} Proto-West Germanic *fnoʀukōn (“to snore, snort”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} snork (third-person singular simple present snorks, present participle snorking, simple past and past participle snorked)
  1. (dialectal) To snore. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-snork-en-verb-jvHj5yIw
  2. (intransitive) To snort, grunt; breathe or inhale noisily. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-snork-en-verb-7EbwEdCI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 43 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 43 48
  3. (transitive, usually followed by "down") To eat quickly or voraciously Tags: transitive, usually
    Sense id: en-snork-en-verb-HmS6Q5rm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 43 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 9 43 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 42 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: snork down

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive) To snort, grunt; breathe or inhale noisily."
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        "(transitive, usually followed by \"down\") To eat quickly or voraciously"
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        "(dialectal) To snore."
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        "(intransitive) To snort, grunt; breathe or inhale noisily."
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        "(transitive, usually followed by \"down\") To eat quickly or voraciously"
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