Snort
[snɔːt] or [snɔrt]
Definition
(verb.) make a snorting sound by exhaling hard; 'The critic snorted contemptuously'.
(verb.) indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose; 'she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom'.
Typist: Sharif--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(v. i.) To snore.
(v. i.) To laugh out loudly.
(n.) The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
(v. t.) To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort.
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Definition
v.i. to force the air with violence and noise through the nostrils as horses: to laugh boisterously.—v.t. to express by a snort: to force out as by a snort.—ns. Snort′er; Snort′ing.—adv. Snort′ingly.
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Examples
- Mr Pancks worked his way in, came alongside the desk, made himself fast by leaning his arms upon it, and started conversation with a puff and a snort. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The strange man said nothing but made another snort. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The person on the sofa, who appeared to have a cold in his head, gave such a very loud snort that he startled me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Suddenly one of them snorted, ducked its head, and backed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I know it is a picture of himself, really--' Loerke snorted with rage. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Liverpool started and snorted like a river-horse roused amongst his reeds by thunder. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A great animal--truly, Frank's black horse--stood trembling, panting, snorting before the door; a man held it, Frank, as I thought. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The courser paw'd the ground with restless feet, And snorting foam'd and champ'd the golden bit. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr Rugg complying to the letter, Mr Pancks came forth snorting and blowing to some purpose, and dried himself on his handkerchief. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Regarded from this point of view Mr Pancks's puffings expressed injury and impatience, and each of his louder snorts became a demand for payment. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Edited by Laurence