Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of forcing the breath through the nose with violence and noise; the sound thus made.
- noun The act of snoring; the noise thus made.
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- verb Present participle of
snort . - noun A
snort sound or action.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an act of forcible exhalation
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Examples
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You mean to tell me that snot snorting is not an Olympic sport?
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Presently, her husband suddenly came in snorting, and said to her,
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i have a the M. A.D calls version and the only luck i've had with it was for one reason or another i pissed off a doe she hoped the fence next door and came in snorting and all kinds of other wierd nosies she was looking for a fight so i but a slug behind her shoulder with my single shot 20ga. from around 45 yards.
Anyone every use the buck growl or roar made by Primos and MAD? 2009
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i have a the M. A.D calls version and the only luck i've had with it was for one reason or another i pissed off a doe she hoped the fence next door and came in snorting and all kinds of other wierd nosies she was looking for a fight so i but a slug behind her shoulder with my single shot 20ga. from around 45 yards.
Anyone every use the buck growl or roar made by Primos and MAD? 2009
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All I could think at the time was just how miniature it looked in traffic; I recall snorting when I saw it next to a Prius.
Crashed into the Mercedes C-Class sedan, the Smart "went airborne and spun around one and a half times." Ann Althouse 2009
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The first includes what you might call the snorting bulls-grimacing maniacs with huge fastballs and merciless attitudes: Roger
Slate Magazine Tim Marchman 2010
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Mer and I obviously frown upon the idea of snorting cocaine on an illegal tour of a prison and thus took no part in this immoral act however heard the coke wasn't that great anyhow.
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Please, stop her before she recalls snorting huge rails off of Tiger.
Gawker: Defamer 2008
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Farther left there were seals kind of snorting to another one in the kelp.
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Granted I did think it odd that he told me to smell it since if I did smell with too much vigor, I might inhale some but I managed to get a whiff without 'snorting' it.
fear the turtle 2006
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