Definition of Snorting

1. Noun. An act of forcible exhalation.

Exact synonyms: Huffing, Puffing
Generic synonyms: Breathing Out, Exhalation, Expiration
Derivative terms: Huff, Puff, Puff, Snort

Definition of Snorting

1. Verb. (present participle of ''snort'') ¹

2. Noun. A snort sound or action. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snorting

1. snort [v] - See also: snort

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snorting

snorkeler
snorkelers
snorkeling
snorkelled
snorkeller
snorkellers
snorkelling
snorkels
snort
snortable
snorted
snorter
snorters
snortier
snortiest
snorting (current term)
snortingly
snortings
snortle
snortled
snortles
snortling
snorts
snorty
snot
snot-nose
snot-nosed
snot rag
snot rocket
snot rockets

Literary usage of Snorting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"So far one spring of those high snorting steeds. But when they gain'd the rivers near to Troy, Where Simois and Scamander join their streams, ..."

2. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"The horse stopped, ready for him to mount without difficulty, at the same time snorting from his nostrils a cloud of vapour as large as a full-grown oak. ..."

3. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand (1905)
"22, and the passage from Lyly already cited. Gaule gires us " the snorting in sleep," the dreaming of gold, silver, ..."

4. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"... of flame to bring them straight The snorting white-winged brother of the wave,1 They hear him as a thing by fate Cursed in unholy babble to his grave. ..."

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