snort
/snɔɹt/
snort noun: the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
Noun
snort (plural snorts)
- The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
- "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.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
- A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted.
- A consumed portion of an alcoholic drink.
- She unlocked the top drawer of the roll-top desk, took out a bottle and a glass and poured herself a snort.1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
- 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.1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications, volumes 16-17, page 157
- A submarine snorkel.
Verb
snort (third-person singular simple present snorts, present participle snorting, simple past and past participle snorted)
- To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
- She snorted with laughter.
- Disembarkation seemed a slow business. From the deck one watched a "Merchant Navy" Pacific drift lazily along the track beside the wall of the Marine Station, and little South Eastern tanks go snorting fussily about.1946 January and February, 'Talisman', “Bückeburg to Aberayron”, in Railway Magazine, page 41
- To express or force out by snorting.
- He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.
- To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound.
- Back in 2018, the body representing the water industry was snorting at Gove’s aspersions, declaring hotly that it looked forward to its pet regulator “bringing some sorely needed facts and balance to the debate”.2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian
- To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
- to snort cocaine
- Synonyms:
- insufflate
- To snore.
- the snorting citizensc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.
snort meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
snort in Tamil
- முக்குளிப்புக்கலம்
snort in Urdu
- خراٹا, خراٹے لینا
snort in Bengali
- স্নর্ট
snort in Kannada
- ರೋಷ, ಗುಟುರುಹಾಕು, ಘೂರ್ಣಿಸು, ಬುಸುಗುಟ್ಟು, ಘರ್ಜಿಸು, ಸಿಟ್ಟು ತೋರಿಸು
More languagesFewer languages
- snort in Punjabi
- ਫੁੰਕਾਰ phuṅkār
- snort in Gujarati
- સ્નોર્ટ
- snort in Odia
- ସ୍ନୋର୍ଟ
- snort in Nepali
- स्नर्ट, स्नोर्ट
- snort in Vietnamese
- khịt
Examples of snort in a sentence
- He's the sort of lowlife who snorts coke and refers to it as his girl.
- I saw him snort a key at the party.
- 'What, of me in the nuddy?' Nick snorts a note of laughter.
Synonyms of snort
Forms of snort
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | snorts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | snorts |
| present participle | snorting |
| past participle | snorted |
| past | snorted |
Origin of snort
From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, from Old English *fnorettan, related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora. See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-.
Words formed from snort
Words that rhyme with snort
44 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- mort
- assort
- escort
- fort
- quart
- resort
- retort
- thwart
- wart
- cavort
- comport
- detort
- distort
- extort
- swart
- transport
- apport
- come short
- consort
- contort
- desport
- ort
- purport
- reimport
- tort
- accourt
- aport
- asnort
- asport
- bort
- coreport
- Crown Court
- dort
- exhort
- Isle aux Morts
- kangaroo court
- misreport
- reexport
- rereport
- rort
- skort
- spoilsport
- torte
- worrywart
Questions about snort
- What does snort mean?
- Snort means the sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
- What is snort in Tamil?
- Snort in Tamil is முக்குளிப்புக்கலம். See Snort meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is snort?
- Snort can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce snort?
- Snort is pronounced /snɔɹt/ (US).
- What is the plural of snort?
- The plural of snort is snorts.
Words near snort in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: snort (page history and authors); Snort (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snort (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); snort (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snort (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਫੁੰਕਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); snort (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snort (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); snort (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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