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  4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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  [syn:  {snore}] 
  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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