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Snort   /snɔrt/   Listen
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)  
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.
2.
To snore. (R.) "The snorting citizens."
3.
To laugh out loudly. (Colloq.)





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"Snort" Quotes from Famous Books



... treacle. He lashed out both heels with a squeak of amazement within an inch of Mr. Talboys' horse, which instantly began to rear, and plunge, and snort. While Talboys, an excellent horseman, was calming his steed, Lucy was condoling with hers. "Dear little naughty fellow!" said she, patting him ["I ...
— Love Me Little, Love Me Long • Charles Reade
... a long wave would send the water lapping around their horses' feet. Jim recognized the danger. They must get around that promontory or give up beaten. Then he gave Caliente a touch with a spur, the first that day. With a snort, the spirited animal sprang forward faster than before and at his shoulder was ...
— Frontier Boys on the Coast - or in the Pirate's Power • Capt. Wyn Roosevelt
... in the alcove, asleep; his nightcap was hoved awry over one eye. Even in his sleep he still had a comical expression of self-importance. The room was thick with vapor; the old man had his own way of getting air, breathing it in with a long snort and letting it run rumbling through him. If it got too bad, the boys would make a noise; then he ...
— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo
... large dog bounded into the road in front of the man in black, and the horse which the man bestrode gave a snort and whirled sideways, coming with a crash against the rail which ran along ...
— Frank Merriwell's Chums • Burt L. Standish
... and hand withdrawn. 'I'll be exemplary when this is over,' said she to herself, and at length her head nodded till she dropped into a giddy doze, whence with a chilly start she awoke, as the monotonous jog and bounce of the steamer were exchanged for a snort of arrival, among mysterious lanes of sparkling lights apparently rising ...
— Hopes and Fears - scenes from the life of a spinster • Charlotte M. Yonge


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