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The definition of a snort is a loud sound made by blowing air through your nose, usually made by people to express laughter or, for animals, when they want to express fear, or a snort refers to a dose of cocaine or other drug inhaled up through your nose.

(noun)

When you are laughing so hard that air comes out of your nose and you make a loud sound from the nose, this is an example of a snort.
The amount of cocaine you can inhale through your nose using a rolled-up dollar bill is an example of a snort of cocaine.

Snort is to make a sound by suddenly blowing air through your nose, or is slang for sniffing a narcotic drug.

(verb)

When you want to express disbelief and do so by blowing air through your nose and making a loud sound, this is an example of when you snort.
When an addict inhales a narcotic drug through their nose using a rolled-up dollar bill, this is an example of when they snort.

See snort in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to force breath suddenly and violently through the nostrils so as to make a harsh sound
to express anger, contempt, or the like by a snort
to make a noise like a snort, as in laughing boisterously
☆ Slang to take a narcotic drug into the nose by sniffing

Origin: ME snorten, prob. < or akin to snoren, to snore

transitive verb

to express or utter with a snort
to expel by or as by a snort
☆ Slang to take (a narcotic drug) into the nose by sniffing

noun

the act or sound of snorting
☆ Slang a quick drink of straight liquor
☆ Slang a dose of a drug, esp. cocaine or heroin, that is snorted

Related Forms:

snorter noun

See snort in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. A rough, noisy sound made by breathing forcefully through the nostrils, as a horse or pig does.
b. A similar sound: the snort of a steam engine.
Slang
a. A drink of liquor, especially when swallowed in one gulp.
b. Cocaine or heroin, especially a small amount sniffed at one time.
c. The liquor or drug so taken.

verb snort·ed, snort·ing, snorts

verb, intransitive

a. To breathe noisily and forcefully through the nostrils.
b. To make a sound resembling noisy exhalation: “The wind snorted across the Kansas plains” (Gail Sheehy).
To make an abrupt noise expressive of scorn, ridicule, or contempt.
Slang To ingest a drug, such as cocaine or heroin, by sniffing.

verb, transitive