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snuf⋅fle

  [snuhf-uhl] verb, -fled, -fling, noun
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–verb (used without object)
1. to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
2. to draw the breath or mucus through the nostrils in an audible or noisy manner; sniffle; snivel.
3. to speak through the nose or with a nasal twang.
4. to whine; snivel.
–verb (used with object)
5. to utter in a snuffling or nasal tone.
–noun
6. an act or sound of snuffling.
7. snuffles, a condition of the nose, as from a cold, causing snuffling (usually prec. by the).
8. a nasal tone of voice.
Origin:
1575–85; < D snuffelen to nose (in something), deriv. of snuffen to snuff 1 with freq. suffix -el-; see -le

Related forms:
snuffler, noun
snuf⋅fling⋅ly, adverb
snuffly, adjective
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snuf·fle   (snŭf'əl)   
v.   snuf·fled, snuf·fling, snuf·fles

v.   intr.
  1. To breathe noisily, as through a blocked nose.
  2. To sniff.
  3. To talk or sing nasally; whine.
v.   tr.
To utter in a snuffling tone.
n.  
  1. The act of snuffling or the sound produced by it.
  2. snuffles The sniffles. Used with the.

[Probably from Dutch snuffelen, to sniff about, probably frequentative of snuffen, to sniff, from Middle Dutch snuiven.]
snuf'fler n., snuf'fly adj.
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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["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]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.

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.]
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Language Translation for : snuffle
Spanish: resoplar, respirar ruidosamente,
German: schniefen,
Japanese: 鼻をすする
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snuffle 
1583, from Du. or Flem. snuffelen "to sniff about, pry," related to Du. and Flem. snuffen "to sniff" (see snuff (2)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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snuffle snuf·fle (snŭf'əl)
v. snuf·fled, snuf·fling, snuf·fles
To breathe noisily, as through a blocked nose. n.

  1. The act of snuffling.
  2. snuffles Obstructed nasal respiration, especially in a newborn, sometimes due to congenital syphilis.

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