Snort

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A rough, noisy sound made by breathing forcefully through the nostrils, as a horse or pig does.
  • n. A similar sound: the snort of a steam engine.
  • n. Slang A drink of liquor, especially when swallowed in one gulp.
  • n. Slang Cocaine or heroin, especially a small amount sniffed at one time.
  • n. Slang The liquor or drug so taken.
  • verb-intransitive. To breathe noisily and forcefully through the nostrils.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a sound resembling noisy exhalation: "The wind snorted across the Kansas plainsā€ ( Gail Sheehy).
  • verb-intransitive. To make an abrupt noise expressive of scorn, ridicule, or contempt.
  • verb-intransitive. Slang To ingest a drug, such as cocaine or heroin, by sniffing.
  • v. To express by snorting: He snorted his disapproval.
  • v. Slang To ingest by sniffing: snorted cocaine.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
  • n. A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco). A snort also may be a drink of whiskey, as "Let's have a snort".
  • v. To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
  • v. (slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.
  • verb-intransitive. To snore.
  • verb-intransitive. To laugh out loudly.
  • n. The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
  • v. To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To snore loudly.
  • To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise: said of persons under excitement, and especially of high-spirited horses.
  • To laugh outright or boisterously; burst into a horse-laugh.
  • To turn up: said of the nose.
  • To express by a snort; say with a snort: as, to snort defiance.
  • To expel or force out as by a snort.
  • n. A loud abrupt sound produced by forcing air through the nostrils.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  • v. make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
  • v. inhale recreational drugs
  • v. inhale through the nose
  • v. indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
  • n. a disrespectful laugh
  • Antonym
    snuff   
    Verb Form
    snorted    snorting    snorts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call    yell    vociferation    shout    cry    outcry    exhale    expire    breathe out    breathe in   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    snore    snortle    laugh   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Court    Dort    Mort    Porte    Stuart    abort    assort    athwart    boart    bort   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    grunt    chuckle    growl    gasp    grimace    hiss    bellow    shrug    rumble    howl