snorting

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of snort

noun

1. A snort sound or action.

   “At length it grew dark; they though, they heard a sound of whizzing and snorting in the air, such as the swans use to make in the; winter time.”

   “Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings.”

adj

1. (colloquial)Very large or significant; whopping.

   “[…] a snorting great monster in the shed […]”

   “Mr. Poirot has been caught up in some absolutely snorting killings.”