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Snort   /snɔrt/   Listen
Snort

noun
1.
A disrespectful laugh.  Synonyms: snicker, snigger.
2.
A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt.  Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, raspberry, razz, razzing.
verb
(past & past part. snorted; pres. part. snorting)
1.
Indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose.
2.
Make a snorting sound by exhaling hard.
3.
Inhale recreational drugs.  Synonym: huff.  "The kids were huffing glue"
4.
Inhale through the nose.  Synonym: take a hit.



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"Snort" Quotes from Famous Books



... trouble keeping you away from school, I notice," says Hank, with a snort. "This is the first I ever hearn of you ...
— Danny's Own Story • Don Marquis
... Jack led gave a great leap, and pawed the water madly with its fore-feet, and uttered a loud snort of agonised terror. Jack held him tight and looked over his withers. Nor could the brave lad keep back a cry of alarm at the frightful thing ...
— Jack Haydon's Quest • John Finnemore
... brindled brute turned quietly round with a friendly snort and went after the cows—and Barty got up and made it a courtly farewell salute, saying, "Bon ...
— The Martian • George Du Maurier
... A snort, a snuff; enough, enough; Past prayer or human help he Comes never more to mortal door ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 25th, 1920 • Various
... far in the night, he heard the snort of a horse and the sound of voices. The law (such as it was) was creeping up the mountain-side in the person of the sheriff of Chauvenet County, and was about to relieve the ranger from his painful responsibility as guardian of ...
— Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger - A Romance of the Mountain West • Hamlin Garland


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