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snort

  [snawrt]
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–verb (used without object)
1. (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train.
2. (of persons) to express contempt, indignation, etc., by a similar sound.
3. Slang. to take a drug by inhaling.
–verb (used with object)
4. to utter with a snort.
5. to expel (air, sound, etc.) by or as by snorting.
6. Slang. to take (a drug) by inhaling: to snort cocaine.
–noun
7. the act or sound of snorting.
8. Slang. a quick drink of liquor; shot.
9. Slang.
a. an act or instance of taking a drug by inhalation.
b. the amount of drug inhaled.
10. British. snorkel.
Origin:
1325–75; ME snorten (v.); prob. akin to snore

Related forms:
snort⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
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snor⋅kel

  [snawr-kuhl]
–noun
1. Also called, British, snort. a device permitting a submarine to remain submerged for prolonged periods, consisting of tubes extended above the surface of the water to take in air for the diesel engine and for general ventilation and to discharge exhaust gases and foul air.
2. a hard rubber or plastic tube through which a swimmer can breathe while moving face down at or just below the surface of the water.
–verb (used without object)
3. to engage in snorkeling.
Origin:
1940–45; < G Schnorchel air intake

Related forms:
snor⋅kel⋅er, noun
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snort   (snôrt)   
n.  

    1. A rough, noisy sound made by breathing forcefully through the nostrils, as a horse or pig does.

    2. A similar sound: the snort of a steam engine.

    3. A drink of liquor, especially when swallowed in one gulp.

    4. Cocaine or heroin, especially a small amount sniffed at one time.

    5. The liquor or drug so taken.

  2. Slang

    1. A drink of liquor, especially when swallowed in one gulp.

    2. Cocaine or heroin, especially a small amount sniffed at one time.

    3. The liquor or drug so taken.

v.   snort·ed, snort·ing, snorts

v.   intr.

    1. To breathe noisily and forcefully through the nostrils.

    2. To make a sound resembling noisy exhalation: "The wind snorted across the Kansas plains" (Gail Sheehy).

  2. To make an abrupt noise expressive of scorn, ridicule, or contempt.

  3. Slang To ingest a drug, such as cocaine or heroin, by sniffing.

v.   tr.

  1. To express by snorting: He snorted his disapproval.

  2. Slang To ingest by sniffing: snorted cocaine.


[From Middle English snorten, to snort, from fnorten, variant of fnoren; see snore.]
snort'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
snort

  1. tv. & in.
    to sniff (insufflate) a powdered drug, now usually cocaine. (Drugs.) : Here, snort this.
  2. n.
    a nasal dose of a drug, usually cocaine. : I don't want a snort. I'm clean, and I'm going to stay that way.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

snorkel 
1944, "airshaft for submarines," from Ger. Schnorchel, from Ger. navy slang Schnorchel "nose, snout," related to schnarchen "to snore" (see snore). So called from its resemblance to a nose and its noise when in use. The Anglicized spelling first recorded 1949. The meaning "curved tube used by a swimmer to breathe under water" is first recorded in 1953.

snort 
c.1386, "to snore," probably related to snore. Meaning "breathe through the nose with a harsh sound" first recorded 1530. Sense of "express contempt" is from 1818. Meaning "a drink of liquor" (especially whiskey) is from 1889. The verb meaning "to inhale cocaine" is first attested 1935.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: snort
Pronunciation: 'sno(&)rt
Function: intransitive verb
: to take in a drug by inhalation snort transitive senses
: to inhale (a narcotic drug in powdered form) through the nostrils <snort cocaine>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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