snuffling

Variant of snuffle

snuffle definition

snuf·fle (snuf′əl)

intransitive verb snuffled -·fled, snuffling -·fling

  1. to breathe audibly and with difficulty or by constant sniffing, as a dog in trailing; sniff or sniffle
  2. to speak or sing in a nasal tone
  3. Rare to whine

Etymology: freq. of snuff, v.

transitive verb

to utter by snuffling

noun

  1. the act or sound of snuffling
  2. a nasal tone or twang

Related Forms:

snuffle Idioms

the snuffles

the sniffles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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