SNIFF (snort) (to)

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• sniff — sniff1 [snıf] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: From the sound] 1.) to breathe air into your nose noisily, for example when you are crying or have a cold ▪ Margaret sniffed miserably and nodded. ▪ Stop sniffing and blow your nose. 2.) [I and T] to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• snort — snort1 [sno:t US sno:rt] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from the sound] 1.) [I and T] 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• snort — Synonyms and related words: Homeric laughter, assibilate, assibilation, bark, bawl, be above, be contemptuous of, be in stitches, bellow, belly laugh, beverage, blare, blat, blow, blubber, boff, boffola, boom, bray, break up, breathe, breathe… …   Moby Thesaurus

• snort — 1. tv. & in. to sniff (insufflate) a powdered drug, now usually cocaine. (Drugs.) □ Here, snort this. □ Youre snorting every time I see you. 2. n. a nasal dose of a drug, usually cocaine. □ Here, take a snort. D I don’t want a snort …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• sniff — 1. verb 1) she sniffed and blew her nose Syn: inhale, snuffle 2) Tom sniffed the fruit Syn: smell, scent, get a whiff of 2. noun 1) she gave a loud sniff Syn …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• sniff — Synonyms and related words: Aqua Lung, artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, assibilate, assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, be warm, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, burn,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• sniff — n. a drink of liquor. (See also snort.) □ I’d like just a sniff of that Scotch. □ Sure, have a sniff of whatever you want …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• sniff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. sniffle; smell, scent; breathe, inhale, detect. See odor, wind. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. snuff, scent, inhale; see smell 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. inhalation, sniffle, snuffle, snort,… …   English dictionary for students

• snort — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. grunt, snortle, guffaw. See cry. n. grunt, laugh; drink, draft, dram, jigger, shot (inf.). See drinking. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. grunt, snore, puff, blow; see breathe 1 . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

• snort — vb to sniff or inhale (illicit drugs such as heroin, cocaine, amphetamines, etc.) An Americanism which spread to Brit ain and Australia in the 1960s. The word supplanted the more sedate sniff , used previously. ► And am I dreary if I think that… …   Contemporary slang

• snort —    1. a drink of spirits    Also as a snorter, perhaps because it makes you exhale noisily:     There s a pint in the glove compartment. Want a snort? (Chandler, 1958)    2. to ingest an illegal narcotic    By taking a big sniff. It also may mean …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms