snuffle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
    snivel; sniffle.
  2. verb sniff or smell inquiringly
    snuff.
  3. verb snuff up mucus through the nose
    snivel.
  4. verb cry or whine with snuffling
    blubber; snivel; sniffle; blub.
    • Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!

WordNet

Snuf"fle intransitive verb
Etymology
Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schnüffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. snövle. Cf. Sniffle.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Snuffled; present participle & verbal noun Snuffling
Definitions
  1. 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. Dryden.
Snuf"fle noun
Definitions
  1. 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. Coleridge.
  2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
  3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. Colloq.

Webster 1913