Snuffle

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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           One clad in purple
           Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
           Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n.
     1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing
        through the nose when obstructed.
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              This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a
              snort or snuffle.                     --Coleridge.
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     2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
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     3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of
        infants or children. [Colloq.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snuffle
       n : the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the
           nose is congested) [syn: {sniffle}, {snivel}]
       v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: {snuff}]
       2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: {snivel}]
       3: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
          yourself into this mess!" [syn: {snivel}, {sniffle}, {blubber},
           {blub}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  150 Moby Thesaurus words for "snuffle":
     Aqua-Lung, Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation,
     artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, assibilate,
     assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, be hypocritical, blandish, blow,
     breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in,
     breathe out, breathing, broken wind, buzz, cant, cough, draw in,
     effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, exhalation, exhale,
     exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, false piety,
     falseness, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling,
     gasp, give lip service, give mouth honor, goody-goodiness, gulp,
     hack, hiccup, hiss, hissing, huff, hush, hushing, hypocrisy,
     inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inhalement, insincerity,
     inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, lisp,
     mealymouthedness, mouth, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mummery,
     nose, oiliness, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, pharisaicalness,
     pharisaism, pietism, pietisticalness, piety, piousness,
     play the hypocrite, puff, reek of piety, religionism, religiosity,
     render lip service, respiration, respire, rhonchus,
     sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, scent, scuba, self-righteousness,
     shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigh,
     sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, slurp, smell,
     smell of, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snivel, snore, snoring,
     snort, snuff, snuff in, soft-soap, spit, splutter, sputter, squash,
     squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, suck, suck in, sucking,
     suckle, suction, suspiration, sweet-talk, swish, twang, unction,
     unctuousness, wheeze, whiff, whish, whistle, whistling,
     white noise, whiz, whoosh, wind, zip