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Snirted vs Snorted - What's the difference?

snirted | snorted |

As verbs the difference between snirted and snorted

is that snirted is past tense of snirt while snorted is past tense of snort.

snirted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (snirt)

    • snirt

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) A suppressed laugh; a sharp intake of breath.
  • * 1833 , Anonymous, writing in The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal , page 575, "Willie and Pate" :
    • "He grins, and snirts, and thraws ye ken -- / I maist could die, wi' laughin."
  • * 1837 , James Hogg, "Katie Cheyne" in Tales and Sketches , page 172:
    • "But ye see there was a great deal of blushing and snirting, and bits of made coughs, as if to keep down a thorough guffau."
  • * 1871 , William Black, A daughter of Heth: A novel , page 160:
    • The Whaup grew very red in the face, and 'snirted' with laughter."
    See also: snirtle

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US) Snow that is dirty, often seen by the side of roads and parking lots that have been plowed.
  • * 1975 , United States House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies, Agriculture and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1976 , page 175 [http://books.google.com/books?id=3XdEgv7yf88C&q=snirt&dq=snirt&pgis=1]:
    • "We then have what we call 'snirt' storms."
  • * 1985 , United States House Committee on Agriculture, General Farm Bill of 1985: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture , page 924 [http://books.google.com/books?id=0eEFAAAAIAAJ&dq=snirt+snow+dirt&q=snirt&pgis=1]:
    • "Snirt or a mixture of snow and dirt is the term popularly applied to the windrows of dirt along the roads during a Minnesota winter."
  • * 1997 , William S. Burroughs, Last Words , Grove Press, page 73, ISBN 0802137784:
    • "'Snirt' is a thing of the spring."
  • * 2004 , Dean Norman, Studio Cards: Funny Greeting Cards and People Who Created Them , Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1412017009, page 131:
    • "... it wasn't a hard winter. Only a couple of blizzards and snirt and snuss storms."

    snorted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (snort)

    • Anagrams

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    snort

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
  • (slang) A dose of a drug to be snorted. Here, "drug" includes snuff (i.e., pulverized tobacco). A snort also may be a drink of whiskey, as "Let's have a snort".
  • (slang) An 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.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.
    • She snorted with laughter.
  • (slang) To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose.
    • to snort cocaine
  • (obsolete) To snore.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The snorting citizens.