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. (UK) A submarine snorkel.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
2. (transitive) To express or force out by snorting.
3. (intransitive) To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound.
4. (slang, transitive) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To snore.
6. (intransitive) 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

💍

Translations

s’ébrouer

resoplar

renifler

schnauben

sbuffare

bufar

bramular

esnifar

ronfler

roncar

schnupfen

roncar

priser

sniffare

ressonar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/snɔɹt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: snorten

Inherited from Old English: *fnorettan

Cognate with Middle English: snoren

Inherited from Old English: fnora

In summary

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-.