Dictionary Definition
snort
Noun
2 a cry or noise made to express displeasure or
contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer,
hiss, raspberry, razzing, bird]
Verb
1 indicate contempt by breathing noisily and
forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the
proposed bridegroom"
2 make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; "The
critic snorted contemtuously"
3 inhale recreational drugs [syn: huff]
4 inhale through the nose [syn: take a
hit]
5 ingest through the nose; "The drug addict was
snorting cocaine every night"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t
Noun
- The sound made by exhaling roughly through the nose.
- 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".
Translations
The sound made by exhaling roughly through the
nose
- Finnish: tuhahdus
A dose of a drug to be snorted
Verb
Translations
To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the
nose
- Finnish: tuhahtaa
inhale (usually a drug) through the nose
- Finnish: nuuskata
Extensive Definition
Snort may refer to:
- Snort (software), a package for intrusion detection
- Snort, a map-coloring game
- Insufflation, the practice of inhaling (or exhaling) of substances into a body cavity
- Snort, a common military name for a submarine snorkel
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Homeric laughter, assibilate, assibilation, bark, bawl, be above, be contemptuous of,
be in stitches, bellow,
belly laugh, beverage,
blare, blat, blow, blubber, boff, boffola, boom, bray, break up, breathe, breathe hard, breathe
in, breathe out, bumper,
burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out
laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, buzz, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, care nothing for,
chant, chirp, chortle, chuckle, contemn, convulsion, coo, cough, crow, cut, cut direct, deride, despise, disdain, disparage, disprize, disregard, draft, dram, drawl, drench, drink, drop, dump on, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, exclaim, exhale, exhaust, expel, expire, feel contempt for, feel
superior to, fit of laughter, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, fleer, flute, frication, frictional
rustling, gales of laughter, gargle, gasp, giggle, go into convulsions,
growl, grunt, gruntle, guffaw, gulp, guzzle, ha-ha, hack, hearty laugh, hee-haw,
hee-hee, hiccup, hilarity, hiss, hissing, ho-ho, hold beneath
one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, horselaugh, huff, humiliation, hush, hushing, inhale, inspire, insult, jigger, jolt, keen, lap, laugh, laugh it up, laugh
outright, laughing,
laughter, leer, libation, lilt, lisp, look down upon, misprize, mumble, murmur, mutter, nearly die laughing,
nip, oink, outburst of laughter,
pant, peal of laughter,
peg, pipe, portion, potation, potion, puff, pull, put down, quaff, rank low, rebuff, repulse, respire, rhonchus, ridicule, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with
laughter, round, round of
drinks, rumble, sardonic
grin, scorn, scornful
laugh, scream, screech, set at naught, shake
like jelly, shake with laughter, shot, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigh, sigmatism, sing, sip, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, slight, slug, slurp, smirk, snap, snarl, sneer, sneer at, sneeze, sneeze at, sneezing, snicker, sniff, sniff at, sniffle, snifter, snigger, snore, snort at, snub, snuff, snuffle, sob, spit, split, split with laughter,
splutter, spot, spurn, spurning, sputter, squall, squash, squawk, squeal, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, suck, sup, swig, swill, swish, tee-hee, the cold shoulder,
the go-by, think nothing of, thunder, titter, tot, trumpet, twang, wail, warble, wet, wheeze, whine, whish, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise,
whiz, whoosh, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yuck, yuk-yuk, zip