I. snort 1 /snɔːt $ snɔːrt/ BrE AmE verb
[ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Probably from the sound ]
1 . [intransitive and transitive] to breathe air in a noisy way out through your nose, especially to show that you are annoyed or amused:
‘Certainly not,’ he snorted.
snort with
She snorted with laughter.
The horse snorted and stamped its hoof impatiently.
2 . [transitive] to take drugs by breathing them in through your nose ⇨ sniff :
snorting cocaine
II. snort 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
1 . a loud sound made by breathing out through your nose, especially to show that you are annoyed or amused:
He gave a loud snort.
There were snorts of laughter from the audience.
2 . a small amount of a drug that is breathed in through the nose:
a snort of cocaine