Snuffle

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  • intransitive verb. To breathe noisily, as through a blocked nose.
  • intransitive verb. To sniff, especially repeatedly, as a dog.
  • intransitive verb. To utter with a sound like that produced by snuffling.
  • noun. The act or sound of snuffling.
  • noun. The sniffles. Used with the.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breathe hard through the nose, or through the nose when obstructed; draw the breath noisily on account of obstructions in the nasal passages; snuff up mucus in the nose by short catches of breath; speak through the nose: sometimes used, especially in the present participle, of affected, canting talk or persons: as, a snuffling fellow.
  • To take offense.
  • noun. A sound made by the passage of air through the nostrils; the audible drawing up of air or of mucus by inhalation, especially in short catches of breath.
  • noun. plural Troublesome mucous discharge from the nostrils. Also sniffles.
  • noun. A speaking through the nose, especially with short audible breaths; an affected nasal twang; hence, cant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
  • noun. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
  • noun. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
  • noun. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to sniff with the nose loudly and audibly
  • verb. to make something or someone quiet.
  • verb. to travel in a car at the pace of a snail.
  • verb. to sniff or smell something very loudly; harsh
  • noun. An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. sniff or smell inquiringly
  • noun. the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
  • verb. cry or whine with snuffling
  • verb. snuff up mucus through the nose