snorting

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

snorting
    n 1: an act of forcible exhalation [syn: {puffing}, {huffing},
         {snorting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. To snore. [R.] "The snorting citizens." --Shak.
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   3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
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