snuffling

Variant of snuffle

intransitive verb snuffled, snuffling

  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

Origin: freq. of snuff, v.

transitive verb

to utter by snuffling

noun

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

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