snuffle
verb/ˈsnʌfl/
/ˈsnʌfl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they snuffle | /ˈsnʌfl/ /ˈsnʌfl/ |
| he / she / it snuffles | /ˈsnʌflz/ /ˈsnʌflz/ |
| past simple snuffled | /ˈsnʌfld/ /ˈsnʌfld/ |
| past participle snuffled | /ˈsnʌfld/ /ˈsnʌfld/ |
| -ing form snuffling | /ˈsnʌflɪŋ/ /ˈsnʌflɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (+ speech) to breathe noisily because you have a cold or you are crying synonym sniff
- I could hear the child snuffling in her sleep.
- [intransitive] snuffle (about/around) if an animal snuffles, it breathes noisily through its nose, especially while it is smelling something
- The dog was snuffling around in the bushes.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen; compare with snuff ‘breathe in noisily’ and snivel.
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