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单词 snorter
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Definition of snorter in English:

snorter

noun ˈsnɔːtəˈsnɔrdər
informal
  • 1A person or thing that snorts, especially someone who inhales cocaine.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From the heroin addict to the casual cocaine snorter, American drug users are among the world's top cash suppliers for international terrorist organizations, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Tuesday.
    • As it is, we have two or three complications a day from mainlining heroin but it is only a matter of time before the snorters start coming in.
    • A poem, Simply Everyone's Taking Cocaine, ran through a list of professional snorters.
    • He was a snorter, Jaime could tell right then and there.
    • I once told a head physician at a large hospital that while cocaine sales - in the scores of billions of dollars - dwarf the amount of money spent on books, I knew no snorters.
    • Her characters are happy drinkers, stoners, snorters and droppers of tabs.
    • Anita is a homeless heroin snorter who is at a crossroads in her life.
  • 2British dated A thing that is an extreme or remarkable example of its kind, especially for its strength or severity.

    the opening batsman fended off a snorter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The goal kicker then edged his side in front with eight minutes left with another penalty but Jenkins promptly replied with another snorter of a drop goal from 40 metres.
    • At that stage, 18 were needed in 11 balls and the snorter at Giles' throat ended up being spooned over Gilchrist and the game had changed in the matter of one ball.
    • The Sergeant looked at me incredulously. ‘That is a great curiosity,’ he said, ‘a very difficult piece of puzzledom, a snorter.’
    • And the second was a snorter that surprised him at the last World Cup.
    • He got a snorter that reared up at his bat handle from just short of a length.

Rhymes

aorta, daughter, exhorter, exporter, extorter, Horta, importer, mortar, porter, quarter, slaughter, sorter, sporter, supporter, three-quarter, torte, transporter, underwater, water
 
 

Definition of snorter in US English:

snorter

nounˈsnôrdərˈsnɔrdər
informal
  • 1A person or thing that snorts, especially someone who inhales cocaine.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was a snorter, Jaime could tell right then and there.
    • As it is, we have two or three complications a day from mainlining heroin but it is only a matter of time before the snorters start coming in.
    • Anita is a homeless heroin snorter who is at a crossroads in her life.
    • A poem, Simply Everyone's Taking Cocaine, ran through a list of professional snorters.
    • I once told a head physician at a large hospital that while cocaine sales - in the scores of billions of dollars - dwarf the amount of money spent on books, I knew no snorters.
    • Her characters are happy drinkers, stoners, snorters and droppers of tabs.
    • From the heroin addict to the casual cocaine snorter, American drug users are among the world's top cash suppliers for international terrorist organizations, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Tuesday.
  • 2British dated A thing that is an extreme or remarkable example of its kind, especially for its strength or severity.

    the opening batsman fended off a snorter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The goal kicker then edged his side in front with eight minutes left with another penalty but Jenkins promptly replied with another snorter of a drop goal from 40 metres.
    • The Sergeant looked at me incredulously. ‘That is a great curiosity,’ he said, ‘a very difficult piece of puzzledom, a snorter.’
    • At that stage, 18 were needed in 11 balls and the snorter at Giles' throat ended up being spooned over Gilchrist and the game had changed in the matter of one ball.
    • He got a snorter that reared up at his bat handle from just short of a length.
    • And the second was a snorter that surprised him at the last World Cup.
 
 
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