Snuffle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To breathe noisily, as through a blocked nose.
  • verb-intransitive. To sniff.
  • verb-intransitive. To talk or sing nasally; whine.
  • v. To utter in a snuffling tone.
  • n. The act of snuffling or the sound produced by it.
  • n. The sniffles. Used with the.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to sniff with the nose loudly and audibly
  • v. to make something or someone quiet.
  • v. to travel in a car at the pace of a snail.
  • v. to sniff or smell something very loudly; harsh
  • n. An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
  • n. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
  • n. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
  • n. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. 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.
  • n. plural Troublesome mucous discharge from the nostrils. Also sniffles.
  • n. A speaking through the nose, especially with short audible breaths; an affected nasal twang; hence, cant.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. sniff or smell inquiringly
  • n. the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
  • v. cry or whine with snuffling
  • v. snuff up mucus through the nose
  • Verb Form
    snuffled    snuffles    snuffling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    smell    external respiration    ventilation    respiration    breathing    weep    cry    breathe in    inhale    inspire   
    Form
    snuffled    snuffling    snuffly   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    hypocrisy    snuf   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sniffle    breaktime    pussycat    jabbering    champing    huff    swoosh    demurring    getting-up    lance corporal