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snuffle |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n. 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr & vb n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG snuffeln G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln Dan. sn["o]vle. 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 . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. --Dryden. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: snuffle n : the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) [syn: {sniffle}, {snivel}] v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: {snuff}] 2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: {snivel}] 3: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" [syn: {snivel}, {sniffle}, {blubber}]
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