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Snorting   /snˈɔrtɪŋ/   Listen
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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"Snorting" Quotes from Famous Books



... explosions, loud detonations, a general shaking of the rocks all around us, and of a spinning movement with which our raft was once whirled helplessly round. It rocked upon the lava torrent, amidst a dense fall of ashes. Snorting flames darted their fiery tongues at us. There were wild, fierce puffs of stormy wind from below, resembling the blasts of vast iron furnaces blowing all at one time; and I caught a glimpse of the figure of Hans lighted up by the fire; ...
— A Journey to the Interior of the Earth • Jules Verne
... Orfling, that first evening, snorting along Tottenham Court Road; he saw Mealy Potatoes, in a ragged apron and a paper cap, lounging along Broad Street; he saw Martha disappear swiftly and silently into one of the dirty streets leading ...
— A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs • Laurence Hutton
... With a deep, snorting sob the sound ceased. The comb dropped from his lips, and the player sat regarding them solemnly. A smile curved his ...
— Unfinished Portraits - Stories of Musicians and Artists • Jennette Lee
... long to wait, for about three o'clock that afternoon a big gray touring car came snorting up the steep hill back of the barn and stopped near where they were loading manure. The driver of the car got out ...
— Hidden Treasure • John Thomas Simpson
... instinct which afterwards saved me from perishing, I fastened these articles on my shoulders and around my waist; then, sobbing, threw my arms around poor pony's neck, and with a pang bade him good-by. He flew snorting away to his stable, where I have no doubt he soon found comfort in a quart or two of rice and a peck ...
— John Whopper - The Newsboy • Thomas March Clark


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