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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snuffle  \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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snuffle  \Snuf"fle\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Snuffled};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Snuffling}.]  [Freq.  of  snuff,  v.i.;  akin  to  LG  snuffeln 
  G.  schn["u]ffeln,  D.  snuffeln  Dan.  sn["o]vle.  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  snuffle 
  n  :  the  act  of  breathing  heavily  through  the  nose  (as  when  the 
  nose  is  congested)  [syn:  {sniffle},  {snivel}] 
  v  1:  sniff  or  smell  inquiringly  [syn:  {snuff}] 
  2:  snuff  up  mucus  through  the  nose  [syn:  {snivel}] 
  3:  cry  or  whine  with  snuffling;  "Stop  snivelling--you  got 
  yourself  into  this  mess!"  [syn:  {snivel},  {sniffle},  {blubber}] 




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