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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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

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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