snort

Plural: snorts

Noun

• a disrespectful laugh
• a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
• The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
• A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted.
• A consumed portion of alcoholic drink.
• A submarine snorkel.

Verb

Verb Forms: snorted, snorting, snorts

• To exhale noisily through the nostrils, expressing amusement or disdain.
• indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
  • "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom"
• make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
  • "The critic snorted contemptuously"
• inhale recreational drugs
  • "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"
• inhale through the nose
• To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
• To express or force out by snorting.
• To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound.
• To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
• To snore.
• To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.

Examples

• He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.
• He would SNORT whenever I played a common word, preferring obscure vocabulary.
• She snorted with laughter.
• to snort cocaine

Synonyms

bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, huff, raspberry, razz, razzing, snicker, snigger, take a hit, insufflate

Anagrams of snort