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snuffle.

To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈsnʌfəl/
  1. To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.

    intransitive
  2. To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈsnʌfəl/
  1. An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

Where this word comes from

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.

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