The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
puffing, huffing, snorting
(noun) an act of forcible exhalation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snorting
present participle of snort
snorting (plural snortings)
A snort sound or action.
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Source: Wiktionary
Snort, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Snorting.] Etym: [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.
Snort, n.
Definition: The act of snorting; the sound produced in snorting.
Snort, v. t.
Definition: To expel throught the nostrils with a snort; to utter with a snort. Keats.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 June 2025
(noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets; “the flight was delayed due to trouble with the airplane”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.