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1. (v.i.) snuffle
to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
2. snuffle
to draw the breath or mucus through the nostrils in an audible or noisy manner; sniffle; snivel.
3. snuffle
to speak through the nose or with a nasal twang.
4. snuffle
to whine; snivel.
5. (v.t.) snuffle
to utter in a snuffling or nasal tone.
6. (n.) snuffle
an act or sound of snuffling.
Etymology: (1575–85; perh. < D snuffelen to nose, rummage)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) snuffle, sniffle, snivel
the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
2. (verb) snuff, snuffle
sniff or smell inquiringly
3. (verb) snuffle, snivel
snuff up mucus through the nose
4. (verb) snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle
cry or whine with snuffling
"Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) snuffle
the act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed
2. (noun) snuffle
an affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy
3. (noun) snuffle
obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children
4. (verb) snuffle
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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Sense: to make sniffing noises, or breathe noisily
He's snuffling because he has a cold.
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 Afrikaans: snuif |
 Arabic: يُخَنْفِر، يَتَكَلَّم من |
 Bulgarian: гъгна |
 Brazilian: fungar |
 Czech: posmrkávat |
 German: schniefen |
 Danish: snøfte |
 Greek: ρουφώ τη μύτη μου, αναπνέ |
 Spanish: resoplar, respirar ruidos |
 Estonian: nohistama |
 Finnish: niiskuttaa |
 French: renifler |
 Hebrew: לִמשוֹך בַּנחִירַיִים |
 Hindi: सूं-सूं करना |
 Croatian: dahtati, govoriti kroz no |
 Hungarian: szuszog |
 Indonesian: mendengus-dengus |
 Icelandic: snörla |
 Italian: (tirare su col naso), (re |
 Japanese: 鼻をすする |
 Korean: (감기 등으로) 코를 킁킁거리다, 콧물을 훌쩍 |
 Lithuanian: šnarpšti |
 Latvian: šņaukāties |
 Malay: menyenguk-nyengak |
 Dutch: snuffelen |
 Norwegian: snøfte, snufse, puste tun |
 Polish: sapać |
 Persian: وز وز كردن از سردى |
 Pashto: له يخ څخه ويز ويز كول |
 Portuguese: fungar |
 Romanian: a fornăi, a vorbi pe nas |
 Russian: сопеть |
 Slovak: posmrkávať |
 Slovenian: sopsti |
 Serbian: šmrkati |
 Swedish: snörvla |
 Thai: หายใจเสียงดัง |
 Turkish: burnunuçekmek |
 Taiwanese: 鼻塞，鼻音 |
 Ukrainian: сопіти |
 Urdu: زور سے با آواز سانس کھینچ |
 Vietnamese: gây ra tiếng kêu khịt khị |
 Chinese: 大声抽鼻子，带鼻音说话 |
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