SNUFFLED

Verb

snuffled

simple past tense and past participle of snuffle

Source: Wiktionary


SNUFFLE

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



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