knor

knor (plural knors)

1. Obsolete form of knur.

• “knor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Kron, N. Kor., NKRO, Nork, Ronk, nork

• knar (dated), knarr

From Old Danish knar, from Old Norse knǫrr.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰnoːˀɐ̯]

knor c (singular definite knoren or knorren, plural indefinite knorer or knorrer)

1. (dated) Alternative form of knarr

• “knor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From knorren (“to grunt like a pig, to snore like a pig, and to grumble like a hungry stomach”).

• IPA^(key): /knɔr/

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• Hyphenation: knor
• Rhymes: -ɔr

knor m (plural knorren, diminutive knorretje n)

1. A grunt by a pig.
2. A grumble by a stomach.
3. (derogatory, university slang) A university student who doesn't belong to a student society (rarely used except by members of student societies).

   Synonyms: nihilist, varken