snuffling

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snuf·fle (sn

v. snuf·fled, snuf·fling, snuf·fles

v.intr.

1. To breathe noisily, as through a blocked nose.

2. To sniff.

3. To talk or sing nasally; whine.

v.tr.

To utter in a snuffling tone.

1. The act of snuffling or the sound produced by it.

2. snuffles The sniffles. Used with the.

[Probably from Dutch snuffelen, to sniff about, probably frequentative of snuffen, to sniff, from Middle Dutch snuiven.]

snuffler n.

snuffly adj.

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Adj.

snuffling - liable to sniffle

sniffly, snuffly

tearful - filled with or marked by tears; "tearful eyes"; "tearful entreaties"

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