snort (snort)

[ As an hors he snorteth in his slepe. Awake the snorting citizens with the bell. Shak., Othello, i. 1. 90. Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 243. 2. To force the air with violence through the nose, so as to make a noise: said of persons Ramsay. [Scotch.] snoop (snöp), v. i. [Prob. a var. of snook1.] To pry about; go about in a prying or sneaking under excitement, and especially of high-spirit way. [Colloq.]