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Snort

Snort Meaning & Definition
Snort Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Snort?

[n] a disrespectful laugh
[n] a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
[v] make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
[v] indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom"
[v] ingest through the nose; "The drug addict was snorting cocaine every night"
[v] inhale (drugs) through the nose
[v] inhale recreational drugs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Snort: bird | boo | Bronx cheer | hiss | hoot | huff | raspberry | razzing | snicker | snigger | take a hit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Snort:

See Also | breathe in | breathe out | call | cry | do drugs | drug | emit | exhale | expire | inhale | inspire | laugh | laughter | let loose | let out | outcry | shout | utter | vociferation | yell

Snort In Webster's Dictionary

\Snort\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snorting}.] [OE. snorten; akin to snoren. See {Snore}.] 1. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play. --Fairfax. 2. To snore. [R.] ``The snorting citizens.'' --Shak. 3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
\Snort\, n. The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
\Snort\, v. t. To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort. --Keats.

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