SNUFFLE

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

Etymology

Verb

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.

Noun

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