Snort v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Snorting.]
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.
2. To snore. [R.] “The snorting citizens.”
3. To laugh out loudly. [Colloq.]
snorting
adj : breathing noisily and forcefully through the nostrils;
"snored with loud snorting noises"
n : an act of forcible exhalation [syn: puffing, huffing]