different between snirt vs spirt

English

Etymology 1

Verb

snirt (third-person singular simple present snirts, present participle snirting, simple past and past participle snirted)

1. (Scotland) To give a suppressed laugh or sharp intake of breath.
   • 1833, Anonymous, writing in The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, page 575, "Willie and Pate" :

     "He grins, and snirts, and thraws ye ken — / I maist could die, wi' laughin."

   • 1837, James Hogg, "Katie Cheyne" in Tales and Sketches, page 172:

     "But ye see there was a great deal of blushing and snirting, and bits of made coughs, as if to keep down a thorough guffau."

   • 1871, William Black, A daughter of Heth: A novel, page 160:

     The Whaup grew very red in the face, and 'snirted' with laughter."

Noun

snirt (plural snirts)

1. (Scotland) A suppressed laugh; a sharp intake of breath.

See also

• snirtle

Etymology 2

Blend of snow +? dirt

Noun

snirt (uncountable)

1. (Canada, US) Snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed.
   • 1975, United States House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies, Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1976, page 175 [1]:

     We then have what we call 'snirt' storms.

   • 1985, United States House Committee on Agriculture, General Farm Bill of 1985: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, page 924 [2]:

     Snirt or a mixture of snow and dirt is the term popularly applied to the windrows of dirt along the roads during a Minnesota winter.

   • 1997, William S. Burroughs, Last Words, Grove Press, page 73, ?ISBN:

     'Snirt' is a thing of the spring.

   • 2004, Dean Norman, Studio Cards: Funny Greeting Cards and People Who Created Them, Trafford Publishing, ?ISBN, page 131:

     […] it wasn't a hard winter. Only a couple of blizzards and snirt and snuss storms.

Derived terms

• snirty

Anagrams

• NRTIs

English

Verb

spirt (third-person singular simple present spirts, present participle spirting, simple past and past participle spirted)

1. Archaic spelling of spurt.

Noun

spirt (plural spirts)

1. Archaic spelling of spurt.

References

“spirt” in The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2005

Anagrams

• Strip, TRIPS, sprit, stirp, strip, trips

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin spiritus.

Noun

spirt m (plural spirts)

1. spirit

Related terms

• spirtât
• spirtôs
• spirtuâl
• Spirtussant

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin spiritus.

Noun

spirt m (plural [please provide])

1. spirit

Related terms

• spiert

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spi??/
• Rhymes: -i??

Verb

spirt

1. past participle of spire

Romanian

Etymology

From Russian ????? (spirt), from English spirit, from Latin sp?ritus.

Noun

spirt n (uncountable)

1. alcohol, spirit, particularly rubbing alcohol

Declension

Further reading

• spirt in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)