insufflating

Verb

insufflate (third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated)

1. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.
2. (transitive) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
3. (transitive) To inhale (a powder etc.).
   • 2001: Cocaine is usually taken by insufflating the white powdered cocaine sulphate into the nose, which leads to rapid absorption of the drug into the bloodstream. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 98)

   Synonyms:

   snort

4. (transitive) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.