Snuffle Definition
snŭfəl
snuffled, snuffles, snuffling
verb
snuffled, snuffles, snuffling
To breathe noisily, as through a blocked nose.
American Heritage
To breathe audibly and with difficulty or by constant sniffing, as a dog in trailing; sniff or sniffle.
Webster's New World
To utter by snuffling.
Webster's New World
To speak or sing in a nasal tone.
Webster's New World
To whine.
Webster's New World
noun
snuffles
The act or sound of snuffling.
Webster's New World
A nasal tone or twang.
Webster's New World
The sniffles. Used with the.
American Heritage
idiom
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Snuffle
- the snuffles
Origin of Snuffle
Probably from Dutch snuffelen to sniff about probably frequentative of snuffen to sniff from Middle Dutch snuiven
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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