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to snort

to snort

38 8.4
To breathe in a powdered drug through the nose
  • verb
  • /snɔrt/
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  • Long hours, hard work and all the cocaine you can snort, right?
  • snort or inject
  • snort or smoke

And I lean forward to like just snort like this big line.

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Examples

  • All they do is snort coke and talk.

  • I was snorting lines of cocaine off the bar.

  • Well, he liked to snort it and I like to smoke it.

  • I thought we could snort a few lines and go dancing.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • If you crush it up and snort it, you can talk to God.

  • You want to snort some Ritalin?

  • Snort a little cocaine with the devil.

  • In a free moment, he went into the store's restroom and snorted some more speed.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Tina described her experiences: "After I snorted OxyContin that day, shoo!"

    Academic text (2006)
  • Many people choose to snort recreational drugs for a quicker effect.

Synonyms

to snuff
vsto snort
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2 9.1

To inhale a powdered drug or tobacco through the nose

is limited to inhaling powdered drugs rather than tobacco or other substances

How Risky

to mainline
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3 9.9
to inject
150 4.4
to snort
  • NSFW
38 8.4
to smoke
1.0
to swallow
295 1.0

Surface Forms

snort infinitive
snorted past
snorted past participle
snorting present participle
snorts third person singular

Etymology

A helpful way to remember the drug meaning of snort is that it comes from the same nose action — you 'breathe in' a powder through your nose in a quick way like a snort. So to snort a drug is to take it by a fast breath through the nose.