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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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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.
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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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