Express disgust when a letter gets torn to shreds (5)
I believe the answer is:
snort
'express disgust' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a letter gets torn to shreds' is the wordplay.
'a letter' becomes 's' ().
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'to shreds' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'shredded' mean this).
'torn' is an anagram of 'nort'.
's'+'nort'='SNORT'
'when' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snort that I've seen before include "Take cocaine (sl.)" , "Chortle" , "Noisily express indignation" , "Inhale cocaine" , "Make derisive noise" .)