snort (snôrt) n. A rough, noisy sound made by breathing forcefully through the nostrils, as a horse or pig does. A similar sound: the snort of a steam engine. A drink of liquor, especially when swallowed in one gulp. Cocaine or heroin, especially a small amount sniffed at one time. The liquor or drug so taken.
Slang A drink of liquor, especially when swallowed in one gulp. Cocaine or heroin, especially a small amount sniffed at one time. The liquor or drug so taken.
v.
snort·ed, snort·ing, snorts
v.
intr.
To breathe noisily and forcefully through the nostrils. To make a sound resembling noisy exhalation: "The wind snorted across the Kansas plains" (Gail Sheehy).
To make an abrupt noise expressive of scorn, ridicule, or contempt. Slang To ingest a drug, such as cocaine or heroin, by sniffing. v.
tr.
To express by snorting: He snorted his disapproval. Slang To ingest by sniffing: snorted cocaine.
[From Middle English snorten, to snort, from fnorten, variant of fnoren; see snore.] snort'er n. |