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snuffle

UK/ˈsnʌfəl/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (3)

noun

1.

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

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verb

1.
2.

snuff up mucus through the nose

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3.

cry or whine with snuffling

  • “Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!”
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Origin

Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Compare also Old English snofl (“snot, nasal mucus”), which might not have survived into Middle English.

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