Snuffle

Word SNUFFLE
Character 7
Hyphenation snuf fle
Pronunciations /snʌfəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Snuffle"

What do we mean by snuffle?

To breathe noisily, as through a blocked nose. intransitive verb

To sniff, especially repeatedly, as a dog. intransitive verb

To utter with a sound like that produced by snuffling. intransitive verb

The act or sound of snuffling. noun

The sniffles. Used with the. noun

A sound made by the passage of air through the nostrils; the audible drawing up of air or of mucus by inhalation, especially in short catches of breath. noun

Plural Troublesome mucous discharge from the nostrils. Also sniffles. noun

A speaking through the nose, especially with short audible breaths; an affected nasal twang; hence, cant. noun

To breathe hard through the nose, or through the nose when obstructed; draw the breath noisily on account of obstructions in the nasal passages; snuff up mucus in the nose by short catches of breath; speak through the nose: sometimes used, especially in the present participle, of affected, canting talk or persons: as, a snuffling fellow.

To take offense.

To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. intransitive verb

The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed. noun

An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy. noun

Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. noun

To sniff with the nose loudly and audibly verb

To make something or someone quiet. verb

To travel in a car at the pace of a snail. verb

To sniff or smell something very loudly; harsh verb

An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly noun

Sniff or smell inquiringly verb

An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly

Synonyms and Antonyms for Snuffle

The word "snuffle" in example sentences

He heard a kind of snuffle, then a buffalo just brushed him as it went past. ❋ Larry McMurtry (2004)

(N.B. -- This ejaculation denotes the kind of snuffle which lent peculiar energy to the dicta of Mr. Culpepper.) "Ring the bell, then, and summon the landlord," said, very pertinently, one of the three disputants upon the character of Wilkes. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

"loanan" -- what they call a "boreen" in other parts of Ireland -- the other man, who was a bit of a wag, would put his hand to his nose, and make a motion of putting it aside, as if there was not sufficient room for two such organs, and call out with a kind of snuffle: "Pass, Brian!" ❋ John Denvir (N/A)

Again came the snuffle and cough, and outlined between two jagged rocks not a score of feet away he made out the gray head of a wolf. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A cabayo made that stuttering snuffle, and someone laughed, the sound carrying in the night. ❋ W. Michael Gear (2011)

The intercoms sold to let parents listen in to every snuffle, sob and cry operate in the same frequency band as the wireless networks more and more of us are installing and can generate so much interference that they make them unusable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He heard a snuffle behind him — a half-choking gasp or cough. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I open up my nostril slits and wetly snuffle the air for the faint stink of friends. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The pigs snuffle and giggle worryingly – you really must try again just to get that last pig. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She wipes her nose with the inside of her wrist, scrunches her face into a snuffle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He heard a snuffle behind him -- a half-choking gasp or cough. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dentex and rainbow-colored wrasse snuffle the white sand below, stirring up a meal, while tiger-striped gobies lay among the rocks, waiting to snap the smaller fish up in turn. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Holding the tentative gaze with his, Max bent to quickly snuffle up his scent. ❋ Nancy Gideon (2010)

She licked up his cheek, up to the corner of his tightly closed eyes, then buried her nose in his hair to snuffle him up until he trembled. ❋ Nancy Gideon (2010)

I really want her to have that life with him.: sniff: Both of them deserve it.: snuffle: ❋ Rabid1st (2008)

They paused to snuffle or paw at something that interested them here and there, and did not appear to be together. ❋ Christie Golden (2010)

It's tempting to probe Morgan's early life in the Cotswolds to snuffle out the origins of her interest in animals, specifically dead ones. ❋ Miranda Collinge (2010)

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