snorting

Verb

snort (third-person singular simple present snorts, present participle snorting, simple past and past participle snorted)

1. (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
   • She snorted with laughter.
2. (transitive) To express or force out by snorting.
   • He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.
3. (intransitive) 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
4. (slang, transitive) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
   • to snort cocaine

   Synonyms:

   insufflate

5. (intransitive, obsolete) 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...
6. (intransitive) To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.

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