snuffle, sniffle, snivel
(noun) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle
(verb) cry or whine with snuffling; “Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!”
snuffle, snivel
(verb) snuff up mucus through the nose
snuff, snuffle
(verb) sniff or smell inquiringly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
snuffle (third-person singular simple present snuffles, present participle snuffling, simple past and past participle snuffled)
(intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
(intransitive) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
snuffle (plural snuffles)
An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly
Source: Wiktionary
Snuf"fle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled(); p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling.] Etym: [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schnüffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. snövle. Cf. Sniffle.]
Definition: 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.
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.
Definition: Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 April 2024
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
