Pronunciation: /ˈsnʌf(ə)l/
verb
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breathe noisily through the nose due to a cold or crying: Alice was weeping quietly, snuffling a little
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(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
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a sniff or sniffing sound: a silence broken only by the faint snuffles of the dogs
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(usually the snuffles) informal a cold or other infection that causes sniffing: he went down with the snuffles
Derivatives
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noun -
adjective (snufflier, snuffliest)