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Meaning of 'snort' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Snort [ n.]
- The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
2 . Snort [ v. i.]
- To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.
- To snore.
- To laugh out loudly.
3 . Snort [ v. t.]
- To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.

Meaning of 'snort' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . snort [ v]
Meaning (1):
- indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
Example in sentence:
  • she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom
Meaning (2):
- inhale recreational drugs
Example in sentence:
  • The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day;
  • the kids were huffing glue
Meaning (3):
- make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
Example in sentence:
  • The critic snorted contemptuously

Nearby Words:

snob snobbery snobbish snobbishness snobbism snobby snobling snobocracy snod snoff

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