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Pronunciation : Snuf"fle
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln, G. schn?ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn?vle. Cf. Sniffle.]
Definition : Defn: 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.

i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled(); p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Snuf"fle
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 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.

Defn: Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913