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SNORTING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of forcible exhalation

Synonyms:

huffing; puffing; snorting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("snorting" is a kind of...):

breathing out; exhalation; expiration (the act of expelling air from the lungs)

Derivation:

snort (make a snorting sound by exhaling hard)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb snort

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