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snuffle verb [ ˈsnʌf(ə)l ]

• breathe noisily through the nose due to a cold or crying.
• "Alice was weeping quietly, snuffling a little"

snuffle noun

• a sniff or sniffing sound.
• "a silence broken only by the faint snuffles of the dogs"
Origin: late 16th century: probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen ; compare with snuff2 and snivel.


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