Толковый словарь английского языка - snort

I. verb Etymology: Middle English ~en, fnorten; akin to Old English fnora sneezing Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to force air violently through the nose with a rough harsh sound, to express scorn, anger, indignation, or surprise by a ~, to emit explosive sounds resembling ~s, to take in a drug by inhalation, transitive verb to utter with or express by a ~, to expel or emit with or as if with ~s, to inhale (a drug in powdered form) through the nostrils, II. noun Date: 1786 a drink of usually straight liquor taken in one draft, an act or sound of ~ing