• (GA) IPA: /snɔɹt/

snort (plural snorts)

1. The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
2. (slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco).
3. (slang) A consumed portion of alcoholic drink.
   • 1951, Indiana Historical Society Publications (volumes 16-17, page 157)

     Everybody tipped up the jug and took a snort of whisky and followed it with a gourd of cool water. We thought a snort of whisky now and then braced us up some and put a little more lift in us.

   • 1978, George G. Gilman, Edge: Red River, Pinnacle Books (1978), ISBN 9780523405360, page 45 ↗:

     "It won't buy you any wine," Paxton told him.

     "I know that," the drunk replied in an insulted tone. "It's a pussy pass, ain't it?"

     Paxton grinned wearily. "How would you know that? You'd rather have a snort than a screw any day."

4. (nautical, UK) A submarine snorkel.

• French: reniflement
• German: Schnauben
• Russian: фы́рканье
• Spanish: resoplar, resoplido, bufido

• Russian: понюшка

snort (snorts, present participle snorting; past and past participle snorted)

1. (intransitive) To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

   She snorted with laughter.

2. (transitive) To express or force out by snorting.

   He snorted a derisory reply and turned on his heel.

3. (transitive, slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.

   to snort cocaine

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To snore.
   • c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene i]:

     the snorting citizens

5. (intransitive, nautical, of submarines) To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel.

• French: renifler
• German: schnupfen, schnauben
• Italian: sbuffare
• Portuguese: resfolegar
• Russian: фы́ркать
• Spanish: resoplar, bufar

• French: sniffer
• German: schnupfen
• Italian: sniffare
• Portuguese: cheirar
• Russian: вдыха́ть
• Spanish: esnifar, jalar, tomar, inhalar