'Snuffle' definitions:
Definition of 'snuffle'
From: WordNet
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affectation,
- Aqua-Lung,
- artificial respiration,
- aspirate,
- aspiration,
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- asthmatic wheeze,
- be hypocritical,
- blandish,
- blow,
- breath,
- breath of air,
- breathe,
- breathe hard,
- breathe in,
- breathe out,
- breathing,
- broken wind,
- buzz,
- cant,
- cough,
- draw in,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescing,
- exhalation,
- exhale,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expiration,
- expire,
- exsufflation,
- false piety,
- falseness,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- gasp,
- give lip service,
- give mouth honor,
- goody-goodiness,
- gulp,
- hack,
- hiccup,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- huff,
- hush,
- hushing,
- hypocrisy,
- inhalation,
- inhalator,
- inhale,
- inhalement,
- insincerity,
- inspiration,
- inspire,
- insufflation,
- iron lung,
- lisp,
- mealymouthedness,
- mouth,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- mummery,
- nose,
- oiliness,
- oxygen mask,
- oxygen tent,
- pant,
- pharisaicalness,
- pharisaism,
- pietism,
- pietisticalness,
- piety,
- piousness,
- play the hypocrite,
- puff,
- reek of piety,
- religionism,
- religiosity,
- render lip service,
- respiration,
- respire,
- rhonchus,
- sanctimoniousness,
- sanctimony,
- scent,
- scuba,
- self-righteousness,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- siffle,
- sigh,
- sigmatism,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- slurp,
- smell,
- smell of,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snivel,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuff in,
- soft-soap,
- spit,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- suck,
- suck in,
- sucking,
- suckle,
- suction,
- suspiration,
- sweet-talk,
- swish,
- Tartuffery,
- Tartuffism,
- twang,
- unction,
- unctuousness,
- wheeze,
- whiff,
- whish,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- wind,
- zip