snort
verb/snɔːt/
/snɔːrt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snort | /snɔːt/ /snɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it snorts | /snɔːts/ /snɔːrts/ |
| past simple snorted | /ˈsnɔːtɪd/ /ˈsnɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle snorted | /ˈsnɔːtɪd/ /ˈsnɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form snorting | /ˈsnɔːtɪŋ/ /ˈsnɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to make a loud sound by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or think something is silly
- The horse snorted and tossed its head.
- snort with something to snort with laughter
- snort in something She snorted in disgust.
- + speech ‘You!’ he snorted contemptuously.
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsc2- He snorted indignantly and walked away.
- She snorted at his suggestion.
- He snorted with derision.
- Calvin snorted in disbelief.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- softly
- angrily
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- at
- in
- with
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- [transitive] snort something to take drugs by breathing them in through the nose
- to snort cocaine
Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb, also in the sense ‘snore’): probably imitative; compare with snore. The noun dates from the early 19th cent.
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