snort

== English == === 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-. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /snɔɹt/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t === Noun === snort (plural snorts) The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose. (slang) A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted. (slang) A consumed portion of an alcoholic drink. (nautical, UK) A submarine snorkel. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === snort (third-person singular simple present snorts, present participle snorting, simple past and past participle snorted) (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose. (transitive) To express or force out by snorting. (intransitive) To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound. (transitive, slang, originally US) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose. (intransitive, obsolete) To snore. (intransitive, nautical, of submarines) To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel. ==== Synonyms ==== (inhale through the nose): insufflate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Anagrams === ronts, trons, -trons == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === snort inflection of snorren: second/third-person singular present indicative (archaic) plural imperative