SNORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snort mean? 

• SNORT (noun)
  The noun SNORT has 2 senses:

1. a disrespectful laugh

2. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

  Familiarity information: SNORT used as a noun is rare.

• SNORT (verb)
  The verb SNORT has 4 senses:

1. indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose

2. make a snorting sound by exhaling hard

3. inhale recreational drugs

4. inhale through the nose

  Familiarity information: SNORT used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNORT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disrespectful laugh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

snicker; snigger; snort

Hypernyms ("snort" is a kind of...):

laugh; laughter (the sound of laughing)

Derivation:

snort (indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose)

snorty ((British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bird; boo; Bronx cheer; hiss; hoot; raspberry; razz; razzing; snort

Hypernyms ("snort" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

snort (indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose)

• SNORT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they snort    ... he / she / it snorts   
Past simple: snorted   
Past participle: snorted   
-ing form: snorting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom

Hypernyms (to "snort" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

snort (a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt)

snort (a disrespectful laugh)

snorter (someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make a snorting sound by exhaling hard

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

The critic snorted contemptuously

Hypernyms (to "snort" is one way to...):

breathe out; exhale; expire (expel air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

snorter (someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound)

snorting (an act of forcible exhalation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Inhale recreational drugs

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

huff; snort

Context example:

the kids were huffing glue

Hypernyms (to "snort" is one way to...):

breathe in; inhale; inspire (draw in (air))

"Snort" entails doing...:

do drugs; drug (use recreational drugs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Inhale through the nose

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Synonyms:

snort; take a hit

Hypernyms (to "snort" is one way to...):

do drugs; drug (use recreational drugs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

It can be snorted up the nose or mixed with water and injected with a needle.

(Cocaine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

“Wolf Larsen!” he snorted a moment later.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He sprang back with a snort.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Even in the darkness as we lay upon the strand, we heard from time to time the snort and plunge of the huge creatures who lived therein.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is a foul, snorting, snarling manner of speech.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"If that brother of yours was worth his salt, he could take the wagon," he snorted.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I shook my head in token of my ignorance, and Ebbits looked compassion at me, while Zilla snorted her customary contempt.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The powder can be eaten or snorted up the nose.

(Methamphetamine, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Heroin can also be smoked or snorted up the nose.

(Heroin, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

This agent is a commonly abused psychostimulant drug, which may be snorted, taken orally, smoked, or injected.

(Amphetamine, NCI Thesaurus)