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snuffle
(encz) | snuffle,posmrkávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Snuffle
(gcide) | Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Snuffling.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
Sniffle.]
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
--Dryden.
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Snuffle
(gcide) | Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, n.
1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing
through the nose when obstructed.
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This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a
snort or snuffle. --Coleridge.
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2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
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3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of
infants or children. [Colloq.]
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snuffle
(wn) | snuffle
n 1: the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the
nose is congested) [syn: snuffle, sniffle, snivel]
v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle]
2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: snuffle, snivel]
3: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle,
blubber, blub, snuffle] |
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snuffle
(encz) | snuffle,posmrkávat v: Zdeněk Brož |
snuffled
(encz) | snuffled, |
snuffler
(encz) | snuffler, n: |
Snuffled
(gcide) | Snuffle \Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Snuffling.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
Sniffle.]
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
--Dryden.
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Snuffler
(gcide) | Snuffler \Snuf"fler\, n.
One who snuffles; one who uses cant.
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snuffle
(wn) | snuffle
n 1: the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the
nose is congested) [syn: snuffle, sniffle, snivel]
v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn: snuff, snuffle]
2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn: snuffle, snivel]
3: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle,
blubber, blub, snuffle] |
snuffler
(wn) | snuffler
n 1: a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by
mucus) |
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