Snort (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Snorting.] [OE. snorten; akin to snoren. See Snore.]

1.

To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

Fairfax.

2.

To snore.

[R.] "The snorting citizens."

Shak.

3.

To laugh out loudly.

[Colloq.]

Halliwell.

 

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Snort, n.

The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.

 

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Snort, v. t.

To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.

Keats.

 

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