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noun

Snort n. The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.

verb

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

Snort v. i. (past & past part. snorted; pres. part. snorting)

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

To snore. (R.) "The snorting citizens."

To laugh out loudly. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Snort'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Snort" Quotes from Famous Books

... trouble keeping you away from school, I notice," says Hank, with a snort. "This is the first I ever hearn of you ...

— Danny's Own Story • Don Marquis

... Jack led gave a great leap, and pawed the water madly with its fore-feet, and uttered a loud snort of agonised terror. Jack held him tight and looked over his withers. Nor could the brave lad keep back a cry of alarm at the frightful thing ...

— Jack Haydon's Quest • John Finnemore

... brindled brute turned quietly round with a friendly snort and went after the cows—and Barty got up and made it a courtly farewell salute, saying, "Bon ...

— The Martian • George Du Maurier

... A snort, a snuff; enough, enough; Past prayer or human help he Comes never more to mortal door ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, August 25th, 1920 • Various

... far in the night, he heard the snort of a horse and the sound of voices. The law (such as it was) was creeping up the mountain-side in the person of the sheriff of Chauvenet County, and was about to relieve the ranger from his painful responsibility as guardian of ...

— Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger - A Romance of the Mountain West • Hamlin Garland

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