Snuf"fle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling (?).] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schnuffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. snovle. Cf. Sniffle.]
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.
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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.
Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
[Colloq.]
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