Dictionary

snuffle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsnʌfəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

1. An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

Forms

Relateds

schnozzle · sniffle · Snuffleupagus

Translations (9)

fi nuuskinta (instance of sniffing loudly) · fi nuuhkaisu (instance of sniffing loudly) · mi kuruwhengu (instance of sniffing loudly) · fi nuuhkinta (instance of sniffing loudly) · mi whenguwhengu (instance of sniffing loudly) · cmn 齉 (instance of sniffing loudly) · mi kurahenga (instance of sniffing loudly) · fr reniflement (instance of sniffing loudly) · bg сумтене (instance of sniffing loudly)

snuffle en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsnʌfəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

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.
   • 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. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

snuffly · snuffler

Relateds

sniffle · snivel

Translations (14)

bg сумтя (to sniff loudly) · mi kurahenga (to sniff loudly) · mi whenguwhengu (to sniff loudly) · fi nuuhkaista (to sniff loudly) · uk сопіти (to sniff loudly) · uk гугнявити (to speak through the nose) · uk шморгати (to sniff loudly) · ru сопеть (to sniff loudly) · fi nuuskia (to sniff loudly) · fr renifler (to sniff loudly) · cmn 抽鼻子 (to sniff loudly) · fi nuuhkia (to sniff loudly) · mi peru (to sniff loudly) · mi kuruwhengu (to sniff loudly)