snuffle

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: snuf=fle

CIDE DICTIONARY

snuffle, v. i. [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schnÜffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. snövle. Cf. Sniffle.].

 To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.  [1913 Webster]
"One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat."  [1913 Webster]

snuffle, n. 

•  The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.  [1913 Webster]

  "This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle."  [1913 Webster]
•  An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.  [1913 Webster]
•  Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

snuffle, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. make sniffing sounds.
2 a intr. speak nasally, whiningly, or like one with a cold. b tr. (often foll. by out) say in this way.
3 intr. breathe noisily as through a partially blocked nose.
4 intr. sniff.
--n.
1 a snuffling sound or tone.
2 (in pl.) a partial blockage of the nose causing snuffling.
3 a sniff.

Derivative

snuffler n. snuffly adj.

Etymology

prob. f. LG & Du. snuffelen (as SNUFF(2)): cf. SNIVEL

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

snuffle

Stammering

VB stammer, stutter, hesitate, falter, hammer, balbutiate, balbucinate, haw, hum and haw, be unable to put two words together, mumble, mutter, maud, mauder, whisper, mince, lisp, jabber, gibber, sputter, splutter, muffle, mump, drawl, mouth, croak, speak thick, speak through the nose, snuffle, clip one's words, murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, mispronounce, missay.

Impiety

VB be impious, profane, desecrate, blaspheme, revile, scoff, swear, commit sacrilege, snuffle, turn up the whites of the eyes, idolize.

Wind

VB blow, waft, blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane, wuther, stream, issue, respire, breathe, puff, whiff, whiffle, gasp, wheeze, snuff, snuffle, sniff, sniffle, sneeze, cough, fan, ventilate, inflate, perflate, blow up.

Sibilation

VB hiss, buzz, whiz, rustle, fizz, fizzle, wheeze, whistle, snuffle, squash, sneeze, sizzle, swish.