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Snorted vs Snorter - What's the difference?

snorted | snorter |

As a verb snorted

is (snort).

As a noun snorter is

one who snorts.

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.

    snorter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who snorts.
  • (informal) something that is extraordinary or remarkable
    • The batsman succumbed to a snorter of short balls from the bowler and nicked a thin edge to the keeper.
  • (UK, informal) something that is extremely difficult
    • The maths problem is a real snorter , isn't it?