Meaning of SNORT
| Pronunciation: | | snort
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] a disrespectful laugh
- [n] a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
- [v] make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
- [v] indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom"
- [v] ingest through the nose; "The drug addict was snorting cocaine every night"
- [v] inhale (drugs) through the nose
- [v] inhale recreational drugs
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, huff, raspberry, razzing, snicker, snigger, take a hit |
| |
| | See Also: | | breathe in, breathe out, call, cry, do drugs, drug, emit, exhale, expire, inhale, inspire, laugh, laughter, let loose, let out, outcry, shout, utter, vociferation, yell | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Snort\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snorted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Snorting}.] [OE. snorten; akin to snoren. See {Snore}.]
1. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to
make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and
play. --Fairfax.
2. To snore. [R.] ``The snorting citizens.'' --Shak.
3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
\Snort\, n.
The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
\Snort\, v. t.
To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a
snort. --Keats.
|
| |
|
|