snorting

snort

S0514100 (snôrt)n.1. a. A rough, noisy sound made by breathing forcefully through the nostrils, as a horse or pig does.b. A similar sound: the snort of a steam engine.2. Slang a. A drink of liquor, especially when swallowed in one gulp.b. Cocaine or heroin, especially a small amount sniffed at one time.c. The liquor or drug so taken.v. snort·ed, snort·ing, snorts v.intr.1. a. To breathe noisily and forcefully through the nostrils.b. To make a sound resembling noisy exhalation: "The wind snorted across the Kansas plains" (Gail Sheehy).2. To make an abrupt noise expressive of scorn, ridicule, or contempt.3. To ingest a drug, such as cocaine or heroin, by sniffing.v.tr.1. To express by snorting: He snorted his disapproval.2. To ingest by sniffing: snorted cocaine.

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[From Middle English snorten, to snort, from fnorten, variant of fnoren; see snore.]

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snort′er n.

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Noun

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snorting - an act of forcible exhalation huffing, puffingbreathing out, exhalation, expiration - the act of expelling air from the lungs