snuffle
snuf·fle
(snŭf′əl)v. snuf·fled, snuf·fling, snuf·fles
v.intr.
1. To breathe noisily, as through a blocked nose.
2. To sniff, especially repeatedly, as a dog.
v.tr.
To utter with a sound like that produced by snuffling.
n.
1. The act or sound of snuffling.
2. snuffles The sniffles. Used with the.
[Probably from Dutch snuffelen, to sniff about, probably frequentative of snuffen, to sniff, from Middle Dutch snuiven.]
snuf′fler n.
snuf′fly adj.
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snuffle
(ˈsnʌfəl)vb
1. (Physiology) (intr) to breathe noisily or with difficulty
2. to say or speak in a nasal tone
3. (intr) to snivel
n
4. an act or the sound of snuffling
5. a nasal tone or voice
6. the snuffles a condition characterized by snuffling
[C16: from Low German or Dutch snuffelen; see snuff1, snivel]
ˈsnuffler n
ˈsnuffly adj
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snuf•fle
(ˈsnʌf əl) v. -fled, -fling,
n. v.i.
1. to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
2. to draw the breath or mucus through the nostrils in an audible or noisy manner; sniffle; snivel.
3. to speak through the nose or with a nasal twang.
4. to whine; snivel.
v.t.5. to utter in a snuffling or nasal tone.
n.6. an act or sound of snuffling.
[1575–85; perhaps < Dutch snuffelen to nose, rummage]
snuf′fler, n.
snuf′fly, adj.
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snuffle
Past participle: snuffled
Gerund: snuffling
| Imperative |
|---|
| snuffle |
| snuffle |
| Present |
|---|
| I snuffle |
| you snuffle |
| he/she/it snuffles |
| we snuffle |
| you snuffle |
| they snuffle |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I snuffled |
| you snuffled |
| he/she/it snuffled |
| we snuffled |
| you snuffled |
| they snuffled |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am snuffling |
| you are snuffling |
| he/she/it is snuffling |
| we are snuffling |
| you are snuffling |
| they are snuffling |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have snuffled |
| you have snuffled |
| he/she/it has snuffled |
| we have snuffled |
| you have snuffled |
| they have snuffled |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was snuffling |
| you were snuffling |
| he/she/it was snuffling |
| we were snuffling |
| you were snuffling |
| they were snuffling |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had snuffled |
| you had snuffled |
| he/she/it had snuffled |
| we had snuffled |
| you had snuffled |
| they had snuffled |
| Future |
|---|
| I will snuffle |
| you will snuffle |
| he/she/it will snuffle |
| we will snuffle |
| you will snuffle |
| they will snuffle |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have snuffled |
| you will have snuffled |
| he/she/it will have snuffled |
| we will have snuffled |
| you will have snuffled |
| they will have snuffled |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be snuffling |
| you will be snuffling |
| he/she/it will be snuffling |
| we will be snuffling |
| you will be snuffling |
| they will be snuffling |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been snuffling |
| you have been snuffling |
| he/she/it has been snuffling |
| we have been snuffling |
| you have been snuffling |
| they have been snuffling |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been snuffling |
| you will have been snuffling |
| he/she/it will have been snuffling |
| we will have been snuffling |
| you will have been snuffling |
| they will have been snuffling |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been snuffling |
| you had been snuffling |
| he/she/it had been snuffling |
| we had been snuffling |
| you had been snuffling |
| they had been snuffling |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would snuffle |
| you would snuffle |
| he/she/it would snuffle |
| we would snuffle |
| you would snuffle |
| they would snuffle |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have snuffled |
| you would have snuffled |
| he/she/it would have snuffled |
| we would have snuffled |
| you would have snuffled |
| they would have snuffled |
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Translations
يُخَنْفِر، يَتَكَلَّم من أنْفِه
posmrkávat
snøfte
snörla
šnarpšti
šņaukāties
posmrkávať
snuffle
[ˈsnʌfəl] vi (= sniffle) → reniflersnuff movie n film pornographique qui se termine par le meurtre réel de l'un des acteurs
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snuffle
(ˈsnafl) verbto make sniffing noises, or breathe noisily. He's snuffling because he has a cold.
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