pretending to snore; fake snoring
Refers to the act of deliberately making snoring sounds, often to deceive someone into thinking one is asleep.
He pretended to snore to avoid the conversation.
My fake snoring was exposed and everyone laughed at me.
Compound of 空 (そら, 'empty, fake') and 鼾 (いびき, 'snore'). The reading そらいびき is a straightforward combination of the two elements.