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- [snawrt]
- /snɔrt/
- /snɔːt/
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- [snawrt]
- /snɔrt/
Definitions of snort word
- verb without object snort (of animals) to force the breath violently through the nostrils with a loud, harsh sound: The spirited horse snorted and shied at the train. 1
- verb without object snort (of persons) to express contempt, indignation, etc., by a similar sound. 1
- verb without object snort Slang. to take a drug by inhaling. 1
- verb with object snort to utter with a snort. 1
- verb with object snort to expel (air, sound, etc.) by or as by snorting. 1
- verb with object snort Slang. to take (a drug) by inhaling: to snort cocaine. 1
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Origin of snort
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English snorten (v.); probably akin to snore
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Snort
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snort popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snort
verb snort
- breathe — When people or animals breathe, they take air into their lungs and let it out again. When they breathe smoke or a particular kind of air, they take it into their lungs and let it out again as they breathe.
- chortle — To chortle means to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased.
- chuffed — If you are chuffed about something, you are very pleased about it.
- chuffing — (intensifier)
- clanging — a clanging sound.
noun snort
- cocaine — Cocaine is a powerful drug which some people take for pleasure, but which they can become addicted to.
- coke — Coke is a solid black substance that is produced from coal and is burned as a fuel.
- crackup — a cracking up
- freebase — to purify (cocaine) by dissolving in ether, sodium hydroxide, etc., and filtering off the precipitate.
- guffaw — a loud, unrestrained burst of laughter.
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