snuffle

/ˈsnʌfəl/

snuffle means an act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

snuffle is pronounced /ˈsnʌfəl/.

Etymology

Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Compare also Old English snofl (“snot, nasal mucus”), which might not have survived into Middle English.

noun

An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

verb

To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.e.g.“One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme […] / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.” — 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Toget

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

snuffingly 79% match — While snuffing or sniffling. vs snuffle →
asniffle 76% match — Sniffling. vs snuffle →
sniffling 75% match — A sniffle sound or action. vs snuffle →
sniffing 74% match — A sniff sound or action. vs snuffle →
snoof 73% match — To sniff around, usually in the search for food. vs snuffle →
snivel 73% match — To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus. vs snuffle →
sniffingly 71% match — With a sniffing sound or action. vs snuffle →
snaughle 70% match — To (repeatedly) snort while laughing; snort and laugh at the same time. vs snuffle →