'Snuffle' definitions:

Definition of 'snuffle'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) [syn: snuffle, sniffle, snivel]
verb
Sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle]
verb
Snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: snuffle, snivel]
verb
Cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle]

Definition of 'Snuffle'

From: GCIDE
  • Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n.
  • 1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed. [1913 Webster]
  • This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Snuffle'

From: GCIDE
  • Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf. Sniffle.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. [1913 Webster]
  • One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'snuffle'

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