snorter

noun

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Etymology: Etymology tree English snort English -er English snorter From snort + -er.

One who snorts.
Something extraordinary or remarkable.
“The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper.”
Something that is extremely difficult.
“The maths problem is a real snorter, isn't it?”
A punch on the nose.
“Both ready, and on their guard; Burke evidently waiting for Byrne to commence; but incautiously putting down his hands to wipe them on his drawers, Byrne, as quick as lightning, popped in a snorter.”
“And thereupon, remembering that he had threatened to wring my nose, I gave him a snorter upon his own.”
A powerful gale.