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