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Snort Breathing Snorted Sth Noun  Word Origin  Example

Front snort
Back snort
verb, noun
BrE /snɔːt/
NAmE /snɔːrt/
verb
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1 [intransitive, transitive] to make a loud sound by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or amused

The horse snorted and tossed its head.
~ with sth to snort with laughter
~ in sth She snorted in disgust.
+ speech ‘You!’ he snorted contemptuously.
2 [transitive] ~ sth to take drugs by breathing them in through the nose

to snort cocaine
noun
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1 a loud sound that you make by breathing air out noisily through your nose, especially to show that you are angry or amused

to give a snort
a snort of disgust
I could hear the snort and stamp of a horse.
2 a small amount of a drug that is breathed in through the nose; an act of taking a drug in this way

to take a snort of cocaine

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