Read full poem →Ugly and foul, and chimneys lie
And snort, outlined against the gray
Of lowhung cloud. I hear the sigh
Dictionary Entry
The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. snortsnort littlesnort loudsnort derisive
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Poetry examples for “snort”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →If long she stays, to think the time more short,
Lay down thy forehead in thy lap to snort.
Inquire not what with Isis may be done,
Read full poem →His guardian sea-god to commemorate,
Should set a sculptured porpoise, gills a-snort
And vibrant tail, within the temple-gate.
Read full poem →Close to the ground lark's guarded nest
And snort to meet the prickly sight;
He fans the feathers of her breast--
Read full poem →"_This_, then, is all. What more is there to ask?"
But no, not yet. A snort to bid them wait.
A buck from round the spruce stood looking at them
Read full poem →[Footnote 129: _Nicker and sneer_--Neigh and snort.]