snort
English
/snɔɹt/
noun
Definitions
- The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
- (slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco).
- (slang) A consumed portion of alcoholic drink.
- (nautical) A submarine snorkel.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English snorten, snoren derived from Proto-Germanic *snarkjaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*snarkjaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- asnort English
- blend English
- laugh English
- snark English
- snarker English
- snarkish English
- snarkless English
- snarktastic English
- snarky English
- snaughle English
- snore English
- snortable English
- snorter English
- snortest English
- snorteth English
- snorty English
- Schnarchralle German
- schnarchen German
- *snarkjaną Proto-Germanic
- snarcan Old English
- snore Middle English
- snoren Middle English
- snorten Middle English
- snarchen Middle High German
- snorren Low German
- snurken Low German
- snurren Low German