snuffle
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Etymology edit
Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le.
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Verb edit
snuffle (third-person singular simple present snuffles, present participle snuffling, simple past and past participle snuffled)
- (intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
- (intransitive) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
- One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme […] / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
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to sniff loudly
to speak through the nose
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Noun edit
snuffle (plural snuffles)
- An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.
Related terms edit
- sniffle (noun)
- Snuffleupagus
Translations edit
instance of sniffing loudly
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