Snort

Quick meaning: Snort is a noun meaning The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

Meaning

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

More Meanings

1. (nautical, UK) A submarine snorkel.
2. (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
3. (transitive) To express or force out by snorting.
4. (intransitive) To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound.
5. (transitive, slang, originally US) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
6. (slang) A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted.
7. (slang) A consumed portion of an alcoholic drink.

Example Sentences

She snorted with laughter.

He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.

She unlocked the top drawer of the roll-top desk, took out a bottle and a glass and poured herself a snort.

Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us.

Word Forms

• snorts
• snorting
• snorted

Synonyms for snort

Depending on context, synonyms include insufflate, snicker, hiss, hoot, boo, razzing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snore, huff, hoot, hiss, boo, snicker.

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