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To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise, as do high-spirited horsed in prancing and play.

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  1. v. i. 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. v. i. To snore.
  3. v. i. To laugh out loudly.
  4. n. The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
  5. v. t. To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
  6. n. a disrespectful laugh
  7. n. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  8. v. indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose
  9. v. make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
  10. v. inhale recreational drugs
  11. v. inhale through the nose
  12. 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. The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting. To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort. Keats.