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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