dial. [Corresponds to MLG. and LG. snarken (NFris. snarke, Sw. and Norw. snarka), MHG. snarchen (G. schnarchen, † schnarken), of imitative origin: cf. SNORK v.]
1. intr. To snore; to snort.
1866. N. & Q., 3rd Ser. X. 248/1. I will not quite compare it [a sound] to a certain kind of snarking or gnashing.
1907. Westm. Gaz., 9 Nov., 4/1. All of a sudden she (the mare, I suppose he meant) snarked an’ begun to turn round.
2. intr. and trans. To find fault (with), to nag.
1882. Jamieson’s Sc. Dict., IV. 314/2. To Snark,… to fret, grumble, or find fault with one.
1904. ‘E. Nesbit,’ Phœnix & Carpet, x. 185. He remembered how Anthea had refrained from snarking him about tearing the carpet.
