Definitions for snuffle

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snuffle snuf·fle

Spelling: [snuhf-uh l]

IPA: /ˈsnʌf əl/

Snuffle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 89 anagrams from letters in snuffle (efflnsu).

Definitions for snuffle

noun

1. an act or sound of snuffling.
2. snuffles, a condition of the nose, as from a cold, causing snuffling (usually preceded by the).
3. a nasal tone of voice.

verb (used with object)

1. to utter in a snuffling or nasal tone.

verb (used without object)

1. to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
2. to draw the breath or mucus through the nostrils in an audible or noisy manner; sniffle; snivel.
3. to speak through the nose or with a nasal twang.
4. to whine; snivel.

Origin of snuffle

1575-85; Dutch snuffelen to nose (in something), derivative of snuffen to snuff¹ with frequentative suffix -el-; see -le

Examples for snuffle

snuffle and wheeze—snuffle and wheeze of the asthmatic Chinamans breathing.

Smoke: snuffle the nose and raise the fingers of both hands several times, rubbing the fingers against each other.

I mean to say, when they snift they snift, and when they snuffle they—as it were—snuffle.

And you'll find one of 'em a native born comique who'll make you crack sides with a kick or a snuffle.

While Fraulein waited, trembling, several of the girls began to snuffle and sob.

Do not whine or snuffle, but get ahead in the world while you can.

If he snuffle at the nose, he must snuffle cheerfully and with hope.

"You snuffle like a horse when he smells oats," joked the colonel.

The boy began to sob, and drew his coat-sleeve across his eye with a snuffle.

From the stable came the snuffle and stamp of a feeding horse.