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Definition of 'snort'English
Noun
( en-noun)
The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
(slang) 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".
(slang) An alcoholic drink.
* 1951 , Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)
- 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.
Verb
( en-verb)
To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
- She snorted with laughter.
(slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
- to snort cocaine
(obsolete) To snore.
* Shakespeare
- The snorting citizens.
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