Definition of "snort" in Englisch

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. (nautical, UK) A submarine snorkel.

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

   • She snorted with laughter.

2. (transitive) To express or force out by snorting.

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

3. (intransitive) To express contempt or disgust by (or as if by) a snorting sound.

4. (transitive, slang, originally US) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.

   • to snort cocaine

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To snore.

6. (intransitive, nautical, of submarines) To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.