snort

CEFRB2

/snɔɹt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To force air noisily through the nose.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A consumed portion of an alcoholic drink.

Examples

  • I don't like the sound the pigs make when they snort.

  • I like to snort cocaine.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

  2. A submarine snorkel.

More examples

In context

  • He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.

  • She snorted with laughter.

  • to snort cocaine

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

When annoyed, the pig would flare its nostrils and let out a sharp blank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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-.