snort : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: snort	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for snort
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snort n a disrespectful laugh Synonym(s): snicker, snort, snigger a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt Synonym(s): boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird v indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom" make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; "The critic snorted contemptuously" inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" Synonym(s): huff, snort inhale through the nose Synonym(s): take a hit, snort
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snort \Snort\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snorting}.] [OE. snorten; akin to snoren. See {Snore}.] 1. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play. --Fairfax. 2. To snore. [R.] [bd]The snorting citizens.[b8] --Shak. 3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snort \Snort\, n. The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snort \Snort\, v. t. To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort. --Keats.