blort
A snort of mucus or liquid out through the nose, as in response to something…A snort of mucus or liquid out through the nose, as in response to something unexpected or funny, or the sound of blowing one's nose; also, a sniffle.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncommon, uncountable)A snort of mucus or liquid out through the nose, as in response to something unexpected or funny, or the sound of blowing one's nose; also, a sniffle.
(archaic, uncountable)A metasyntactic variable, similar to foo and bar.
Origin
Onomatopoetic; in sense 1, also a blend of blow + snort.Onomatopoetic; in sense 1, also a blend of blow + snort.
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Forms
plural: blortsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.