whuffle

English edit

whuffle (third-person singular simple present whuffles, present participle whuffling, simple past and past participle whuffled)

(intransitive) To make a low snuffling or blowing sound.
- 2010, Peggy Nicholson, Serpent in Turquoise, page 72:
  Poquita whuffled and jerked at her lead, trying to swing right around. “No, no, we can't go home yet. Not for a silly snake. We just scared him is all.”