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Snorting

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.

  2. To snore. [R.] ``The snorting citizens.''
    --Shak.

  3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.]
    --Halliwell.

Wiktionary
snorting

n. A snort sound or action. vb. (present participle of snort English)

WordNet
snorting
  1. adj. breathing noisily and forcefully through the nostrils; "snored with loud snorting noises"

  2. n. an act of forcible exhalation [syn: puffing, huffing]

Usage examples of "snorting".

The cavalry remained in place, horses stamping and snorting steam in the cool morning air.

The wet wool stunk, but snorting the scent back out would just make his nose run more.

Then the conning tower was snorting through the water like a rolling porpoise.

He looked up at her for a second or two longer, then made a snorting sound, patted her live cheek with a gentle hand, and forgave her.

The wheels slipped and slid, the horses dug in, and the harness stretched singing-tight as the four snorting beasts hauled on up the next slope.

One horse dragged limply in harness, and the others, for all their snorting terror, seeing nowhere to flee in the tangle ahead, turned in opposite directions, rocking the wagon wildly.

Its ungainly gait started out weary and progressed through plodding to staggering until eventually Sharantyr tired of its plaintive snorting and tottering progress and swung herself down from its back.

Off in the distance, at the far corner of the camp, stood two intact wagons and a shifting, snorting group of close-hobbled horses, flanked by sleepy-eyed men who gripped drawn swords and stared back at him.

The first of the riders came out of the woods, his horse snorting and tossing its head at the smell of burning.

The menRoger counted six of themshifted in their saddles, snorting with amusement.

The thought undid me, tired as I was, and I made a muffled snorting sound behind my gag.

Malva passed within a few feet of me, puffing a little on the climb, and snorting through her nose and muttering in a way that made me think she was very angry, rather than upset.

Jamie, still snorting, took my hand, raised it to his mouth, and kissed it.

Making snorting noises, he pushed my hands away from the laces of my petticoats, and had them off me in a trice.

His long nose was pink with cold, and twitched suspiciously, and I buried my face in my own muffler, making small snorting noises that emerged as puffs of white, like a steam engine.