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snort
What does snort mean?
snort (verb): indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use snort in a sentence?
- She snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce snort?
/snɔɹt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does snort come from?
From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, from Old English *fnorettan, related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “snort” mean?
indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
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to observe carefully or critically to learn about someone or something
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to disregard, miss or omit part of a continuation (some item or stage)
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to determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate
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