snuffle

verb

/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/

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[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.

noun

/ˈsnʌfl/

(also less frequent snuffling)

Idioms

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an act or the sound of snuffling
- The silence was broken only by the snuffles of the dogs.
- His breath came in snuffles.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen; compare with snuff ‘breathe in noisily’ and snivel.

Idioms

get, have, etc. the snuffles