Thesaurus: snuffle

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1. v. i. To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
2. n. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
3. n. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
4. n. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
5. n. the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
6. v. sniff or smell inquiringly
7. v. snuff up mucus through the nose
8. v. cry or whine with snuffling
9. 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. 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.]
10. To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when itis 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.
11. n:28/v:72 n. the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) v. snuff up mucus through the nose