Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snuffle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n.
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snuffled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Snuffling}.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
{Sniffle}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
snuffle
n : the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the
nose is congested) [syn: {sniffle}, {snivel}]
v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: {snuff}]
2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: {snivel}]
3: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
yourself into this mess!" [syn: {snivel}, {sniffle}, {blubber}]
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