snort

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And then the motor gave a kind of snort, and off they went, at a sharp pace, towards the Southampton road.

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  1. noun A rough, noisy sound made by breathing forcefully through the nostrils, as a horse or pig does.
  2. noun A similar sound: the snort of a steam engine.
  3. noun Slang A drink of liquor, especially when swallowed in one gulp.
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  • Most importantly, [* snort*] Ball is the subject of the new episode of Best Pictures From the Outside In. W I D E —  Film Experience Blog
  • Ahhhh … I work with another "redneck" woman. * snort* —  Traces of Pink Piddy Paws
  • But at least it has kicked V's butt so much that she is actually going to set up the mixer. * snort* I've heard that before. —  Lime & Violet
  • And then the motor gave a kind of snort, and off they went, at a sharp pace, towards the Southampton road Anna smiled to herself. —  Good Old Anna
  • A kind of snort, a sort of hiss; mechanical in its regularity, startling in its strangeness, it came across the valley with the unbroken rhythm of a watch-tick Well, I guess it won't eat us," he ventured at last. —  The Cow Puncher
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

grunt ·  chuckle ·  growl ·  gasp ·  grimace ·  hiss ·  bellow ·  shrug ·  rumble ·  howl ·  squeal ·  shout

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snort:   snorting ·  snorted ·  snorts
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From Middle English snorten, to snort, from fnorten, variant of fnoren; see snore.

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  1. from Middle English snorten, snurten, snore, put for *snorken (by the occasional change of k to t at the end of a syllable, as in bat from back): see snork.
  2. from snort, v.
 

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