snuffle

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
2. (intransitive) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

Noun

An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

Synonyms

sniffle

snivel

sniff

snort

blubber

snuff

nasal intonation

puffing

whimper

blub

sleuth

smell

👃

smell at

snide

nasality

moan

snifter

groan

snoop

ferret

cry

😢

twang

weep

wheeze

speak through the nose

whine

breathe heavily

sibilate

nose

👃

pry

speak through one’s nose

Translations

snuffelen

snuiven

opsnuiven

ganguear

fungar

schnuppern

👃

schnüffeln

ρωθωνίζω

bleixar

esbufegar

ομιλώ ερινώς

ρουθουνίζω

ηχηρά αναπνοή

σουσουνίζω

Schniefen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/snʌfəl/

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.