snuffle

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /snʌfəl/

Verb

snuffle (snuffles, present participle snuffling; past and past participle snuffled)

1. (intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
2. (intransitive) 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.

Translations

• French: renifler

Noun

snuffle (plural snuffles)

1. An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly

Translations

• French: reniflement

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