Snort meaning
A quick drink of straight liquor.
noun
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.
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.
noun
To make a noise like a snort, as in laughing boisterously.
verb
To make an abrupt noise expressive of scorn, ridicule, or contempt.
verb
To ingest a drug, such as cocaine or heroin, by sniffing.
verb
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To express by snorting.
He snorted his disapproval.
verb
To express or utter with a snort.
verb
The act or sound of snorting.
noun
(slang) An alcoholic drink.
noun
Snort is to make a sound by suddenly blowing air through your nose, or is slang for sniffing a narcotic drug.
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.
verb
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To ingest by sniffing.
Snorted cocaine.
verb
To express anger, contempt, or the like by a snort.
verb
To take a narcotic drug into the nose by sniffing.
verb
To expel by or as by a snort.
verb
To take (a narcotic drug) into the nose by sniffing.
verb
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A dose of a drug, esp. cocaine or heroin, that is snorted.
noun
An open source network intrusion detection system (NIDS) that is noted for its effectiveness. Developed by Martin Roesch, Snort can also be used just as a packet logger or packet sniffer. For more information, visit www.snort.org. See IDS.
(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".
noun
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To force breath suddenly and violently through the nostrils so as to make a harsh sound.
verb
Origin of snort
- From Middle English snorten to snort from fnorten variant of fnoren snore
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition