English Explanatory Dictionary

snort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
  2. A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted.
  3. A consumed portion of an alcoholic drink.
  4. A submarine snorkel.
verb
  1. To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
  2. To express or force out by snorting.
  3. To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound.
  4. To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
  5. To snore.
  6. To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.

Pronunciation

/snɔɹt/ en-us-snort.ogg

Word forms

snort snorts snorting snorted

Etymology

From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, from Old English *fnorettan, related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora. See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-.

Synonyms

insufflate

Derived words

chortle duck snort snortle snorty asnort blort snarf snaughle snoof snortable snorter snorting snortingly
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