SNORT - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Verb

indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose

Example: she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom

Categories: Utter, Emit, Let out, Let loose

Part of speech: Verb

make a snorting sound by exhaling hard

Example: The critic snorted contemptuously

Categories: Exhale, Expire, Breathe out

The word "snort" comes from Old English fnora, which comes from Middle English snorten. Many other languages have similar words:

Many Old English words vanished after the Norman Conquest, replaced by French equivalents.