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Webster 1913 Edition
Snuffle
Snuf′fle
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Snuffled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Snuffling
.] [Freq. of
snuff
, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln
, G. schnüffeln
, D. snuffeln
, Dan. snövle
. Cf. Sniffle
.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling
at nose, and croaking in his throat. Dryden.
Snuf′fle
,Noun.
1.
The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or
snuffle
. Coleridge.
2.
An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
3.
pl.
Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Snuffle
SNUF'FLE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
snuffle
snuffle
English
Verb
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.
- Dryden
- One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme […] / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
- Dryden
Derived terms
Translations
to sniff loudly
Noun
snuffle (plural snuffles)
- An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly