verb
snort
To inhale a powdered drug through the nose.
She tells her doctor that she sometimes snorts cocaine.
Etymology
The ordinary verb concerns a forceful movement of air through the nose. Drug slang specializes it to drawing powder inward through the nostrils.
More examples
- Snorting a powdered drug can damage the lining of the nose.
- The counselor asks whether he injects or snorts the drug.
- She stopped snorting cocaine after she began treatment.
Forms
snort · snorts · snorted · snorting