death rattle vs snort

death rattle

noun
  • The raspy or gurgling sound sometimes made by a person while drawing in or expelling their final breaths before dying. 

  • The sound of a batsman’s stumps being broken, so called because this leads to the batsman’s dismissal. 

snort

noun
  • The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose. 

  • A dose of snuff or other drug to be snorted. 

  • A submarine snorkel. 

  • A consumed portion of alcoholic drink. 

verb
  • To sail at periscope depth through the use of a snort or snorkel. 

  • To make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose. 

  • To inhale (usually a drug) through the nose. 

  • To express or force out by snorting. 

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