snort
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, probably related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora.[1] See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /snɔɹt/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t
Noun[edit]
snort (plural snorts)
- The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
- 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World[1]:
- "I absolutely refuse to leave, however, until we have made at least a superficial examination of this country, and are able to take back with us something in the nature of a chart." Professor Summerlee gave a snort of impatience.
- (slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco).
- (slang) A consumed portion of alcoholic drink.
- 1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
- Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us.
- 1978, George G. Gilman, Edge: Red River, Pinnacle Books (1978), →ISBN, page 45:
- "It won't buy you any wine," Paxton told him.
- "I know that," the drunk replied in an insulted tone. "It's a pussy pass, ain't it?"
- Paxton grinned wearily. "How would you know that? You'd rather have a snort than a screw any day."
- 1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
- (nautical, Britain) A submarine snorkel.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
sound made by exhaling roughly through the nose
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Verb[edit]
snort (third-person singular simple present snorts, present participle snorting, simple past and past participle snorted)
- (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
- She snorted with laughter.
- (transitive) To express or force out by snorting.
- He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.
- (transitive, slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
- to snort cocaine
- (intransitive, obsolete) To snore.
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
- the snorting citizens
- (intransitive, nautical, of submarines) To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.
Synonyms[edit]
- (inhale through the nose): insufflate
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to exhale roughly through the nose
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to inhale (usually a drug) through the nose
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Verb[edit]
snort
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of snorren
- (archaic) plural imperative of snorren
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