noun
Meaning 1
An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
snuffle
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsnʌfəl/
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rhymes with -ʌfəl
verb
Meaning 2
To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sniffle, snivel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation
verb
Meaning 5
cry or whine with snuffling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cry, weep
verb
Meaning 6
snuff up mucus through the nose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snivel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inhale, inspire, breathe in
verb
Meaning 7
sniff or smell inquiringly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snuff
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smell
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: сумтене (sumtene) — instance of sniffing loudly
- Chinese Mandarin: 齉 (nàng) — instance of sniffing loudly
- Finnish: nuuhkaisu — instance of sniffing loudly
- Finnish: nuuskinta — instance of sniffing loudly
- Finnish: nuuhkinta — instance of sniffing loudly
- French: reniflement — instance of sniffing loudly
- Māori: whenguwhengu — instance of sniffing loudly
- Māori: kuruwhengu — instance of sniffing loudly
- Māori: kurahenga — instance of sniffing loudly
- Bulgarian: сумтя (sumtja) — to sniff loudly
- Chinese Mandarin: 抽鼻子 (chōubízi) — to sniff loudly
- Finnish: nuuhkaista — to sniff loudly
- Finnish: nuuhkia — to sniff loudly
- Finnish: nuuskia — to sniff loudly
- French: renifler — to sniff loudly
- Māori: kuruwhengu — to sniff loudly
- Māori: peru — to sniff loudly
- Māori: kurahenga — to sniff loudly
- Māori: whenguwhengu — to sniff loudly
- Russian: сопеть (sopetʹ) — to sniff loudly
- Ukrainian: сопіти (sopity) — to sniff loudly
- Ukrainian: шморгати (šmorhaty) — to sniff loudly
- Ukrainian: гугнявити (huhnjavyty) — to speak through the nose