Verb The old dog snorted like a pig when it smelled food. She snorted at his suggestion that he could fix the sink himself. “Yeah, you're a writer, and I'm the King of Spain!” he snorted. Noun the snorts of a pig made a snort of derision at the lame suggestion
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Verb
Zander said in 2016, Allen made the choice to snort cocaine that his best frined spiked with fentanyl, which ultimately killed him. Madison Scarpino, Fox News, 24 Aug. 2022 Purdue was seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration for a new version of OxyContin that would be more difficult to snort or inject.New York Times, 29 June 2022 Swallow a tube of lip balm, perhaps, or snort a housefly. Amy Nicholson, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2022 Investigators also uncovered a Snapchat video recorded in Saunders’ bedroom a week before her death, in which the man was apparently preparing to crush and snort pills. John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2021 Drug users might take a smaller amount of the drug, inject a tester shot or snort the drug instead of using a syringe. Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2021 Detectives investigating her death found text messages and a Snapchat video suggesting a friend had introduced her to black market prescription pills, which drug users often smash and snort for a more intense high. John Keilman, chicagotribune.com, 9 Nov. 2021 One particularly talented pachyderm, a female called Pawan, could squeak and snort at the same time. Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2021 But how many people can casually snort cocaine or smoke crack? Robert Zafft, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
Noun
Reacting to Jules’ loquacious manner of flirting, Lengronne furrows her eyebrows and purses her lips before letting out a snort. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2022 This snort-worthy comedy covers the spectrum of romantic attraction, with lots of heartfelt and funny moments along the way. Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2022 The cotton swab went up his nostrils and Thomas bucked out of my lap with a mighty snort, nearly ripping the 6-inch swab from the pediatrician assistant's fingers. Matt Voltz, CNN, 7 Oct. 2021 France, where the media made a big brouhaha over spiraling suspicions that David lowered his head to take a quick cocaine snort during the broadcast, decided against lodging a complaint even before the drug test came out negative.NBC News, 23 May 2021 For Alabama, that came in the form of a duck-snort single from its biggest slugger to beat Clemson 6-0 in Saturday’s NCAA softball regional. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 22 May 2021 When Deborah occasionally laughs on the show—part-cackle, part-snort—the fabric of TV comedy seems to joyfully realign. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 18 May 2021 The bathrooms at Satyricon became private bacchanals, a shared snort or arm jab sometimes leading to a grunting, clothes-twisting grapple.oregonlive, 16 Mar. 2021 One snort from an old matriarch will clear a field instantly, leaving very low odds that a single deer will return in daylight. Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 16 Dec. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English snorten, fnorten; akin to Old English fnora sneezing