Snirts vs Snits - What's the difference?
snirts | snits |
(snirt)
(Scotland) A suppressed laugh; a sharp intake of breath.
* 1833 , Anonymous, writing in The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal , page 575, "Willie and Pate" :
* 1837 , James Hogg, "Katie Cheyne" in Tales and Sketches , page 172:
* 1871 , William Black, A daughter of Heth: A novel , page 160:
(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 [http://books.google.com/books?id=3XdEgv7yf88C&q=snirt&dq=snirt&pgis=1]:
* 1985 , United States House Committee on Agriculture, General Farm Bill of 1985: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture , page 924 [http://books.google.com/books?id=0eEFAAAAIAAJ&dq=snirt+snow+dirt&q=snirt&pgis=1]:
* 1997 , William S. Burroughs, Last Words , Grove Press, page 73, ISBN 0802137784:
* 2004 , Dean Norman, Studio Cards: Funny Greeting Cards and People Who Created Them , Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1412017009, page 131:
As a verb snirts
is (snirt).As a noun snits is
.snirts
English
Verb
(head)snirt
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(en verb)- "He grins, and snirts, and thraws ye ken -- / I maist could die, wi' laughin."
- "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."
- The Whaup grew very red in the face, and 'snirted' with laughter."
Etymology 2
Noun
(-)- "We then have what we call 'snirt' storms."
- "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."
- "'Snirt' is a thing of the spring."
- "... it wasn't a hard winter. Only a couple of blizzards and snirt and snuss storms."
