snort

Meaning

Noun

1. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
2. (slang) A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted.
3. (slang) A consumed portion of 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. (slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
5. (obsolete) To snore.
6. To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.

Synonyms

snore

sniff

sniffle

gasp

snuffle

snuff

blow

grunt

wheeze

sniffing

take

whiff

Bronx cheer

pant

puff

groan

raspberry

razz

razzing

boo

blast

take a hit

hiss

hoot

snicker

huff

snifter

snigger

snorkel

bird

🐦

sound

🔉

exsufflate

fill with noise

shot

beat

blatancy

bridle up

bubble

chime

chortle

chuckle

drink

🥤

flurry

gust

heave

hum

insufflation

oink

puff out

ring

💍

bad-mouth

slurp

smell

👃

sneer

snide

snorting

squeal

whimper

make a noise

puff and blow

sibilate

sneer at

take snuff

schnorkel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/snɔɹt/

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-.