Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snort"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snort \Snort\, n.
The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snort \Snort\, v. t.
To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a
snort. --Keats.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
snort
n 1: a disrespectful laugh [syn: {snicker}, {snigger}]
2: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn:
{boo}, {hoot}, {Bronx cheer}, {hiss}, {raspberry}, {razzing},
{bird}]
v 1: indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully
through the nose; "she snorted her disapproval of the
proposed bridegroom"
2: make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
3: inhale recreational drugs [syn: {huff}]
4: inhale (drugs) through the nose [syn: {take a hit}]
5: ingest through the nose; "The drug addict was snorting
cocaine every night"
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