Snuffle /(?)/
Snuf·fle
Snuffle
v. i.
imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling
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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.
Snuffle
n.
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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.
- An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
- Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]