verb, noun — 3 senses
/ˈsnʌfəl/
Etymology 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.
To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
Etymology 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.
An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.
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