snuffle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: snuffle	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for snuffle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snuffle n the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) Synonym(s): snuffle, sniffle, snivel v sniff or smell inquiringly Synonym(s): snuff, snuffle snuff up mucus through the nose Synonym(s): snuffle, snivel cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" Synonym(s): snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schn[81]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn[94]vle. Cf. {Sniffle}.] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n. 1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed. This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle. --Coleridge. 2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy. 3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]