Snorting

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snort \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.
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     2. To snore. [R.] "The snorting citizens." --Shak.
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     3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snorting
       adj : breathing noisily and forcefully through the nostrils;
             "snored with loud snorting noises"
       n : an act of forcible exhalation [syn: {puffing}, {huffing}]