SNUFFLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snuffle mean? 

• SNUFFLE (noun)
  The noun SNUFFLE has 1 sense:

1. the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)

  Familiarity information: SNUFFLE used as a noun is very rare.

• SNUFFLE (verb)
  The verb SNUFFLE has 3 senses:

1. sniff or smell inquiringly

2. snuff up mucus through the nose

3. cry or whine with snuffling

  Familiarity information: SNUFFLE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNUFFLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sniffle; snivel; snuffle

Hypernyms ("snuffle" is a kind of...):

breathing; external respiration; respiration; ventilation (the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation)

Derivation:

snuffle (cry or whine with snuffling)

snuffle (snuff up mucus through the nose)

snuffly (liable to sniffle)

• SNUFFLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they snuffle    ... he / she / it snuffles   
Past simple: snuffled   
Past participle: snuffled   
-ing form: snuffling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sniff or smell inquiringly

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Synonyms:

snuff; snuffle

Hypernyms (to "snuffle" is one way to...):

smell (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Snuff up mucus through the nose

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

snivel; snuffle

Hypernyms (to "snuffle" is one way to...):

breathe in; inhale; inspire (draw in (air))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

snuffle (the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested))

snuffler (a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cry or whine with snuffling

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

blub; blubber; sniffle; snivel; snuffle

Context example:

Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!

Hypernyms (to "snuffle" is one way to...):

cry; weep (shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

snuffle (the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested))

 Context examples 

As he looked it snuffled and coughed again.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He heard a snuffle behind him—a half-choking gasp or cough.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Again came the snuffle and cough, and outlined between two jagged rocks not a score of feet away he made out the gray head of a wolf.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)