Dictionary entry

Snort

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Snort (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Snorted; p. pr. & vb. n.Snorting.] [OE. snorten; akin to snoren. SeeSnore.] 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. “The snorting citizens.” Shak.

3. To laugh out loudly. Halliwell.