snort

(snôrt)

1. 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.
2. 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.

1. 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).
2. To make an abrupt noise expressive of scorn, ridicule, or contempt.
3. Slang To ingest a drug, such as cocaine or heroin, by sniffing.

1. To express by snorting: He snorted his disapproval.
2. Slang To ingest by sniffing: snorted cocaine.

Related Forms:

• snortˈer noun