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snuffle

Syllabification: (snuf·fle)
Pronunciation: /ˈsnəfəl/
Translate snuffle | into German
Definition of snuffle

verb

[no object]
  • breathe noisily through the nose due to a cold or crying:Alice was weeping quietly, snuffling a little
  • (especially of an animal) make repeated sniffing sounds as though smelling at something:the collie snuffled around his boots (as noun snuffling)she heard a strange, persistent snuffling

noun

  • a sniff or sniffing sound:a silence broken only by the faint snuffles of the dogs
  • (usually the snuffles) informal a cold or other infection that causes sniffing:he went down with the snuffles

Derivatives

snuffler

noun

snuffly

adjective

Origin:

late 16th century: probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen; compare with snuff2 and snivel

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