Snuffle

Definition: Snuffle

Snuffle

Noun

1. The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested).

Verb

1. Sniff or smell inquiringly.

2. Snuff up mucus through the nose.

3. Cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!".

Date "snuffle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references)

Synonyms: Snuffle

Synonyms: blubber (v), sniffle (v), snivel (v), snuff (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Impiety	Snuffle; turn up the whites of the eyes; idolize.
Stammering	Mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; whisper; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay.
Wind	Respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Snuffle

English words defined with "snuffle": Snuffled. (references)

Specialty definitions using "snuffle": TO SNOACH, TO SNUFFLE. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Snuffle to the Rescue (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Gorilla; sniff; sniffing; smelling; detect; inhale; inspire; scent; scent; nose; smell; snift; snuff; snuffle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Snuffle" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 37.50% of the time. "Snuffle" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)	37.5%	3	202,518
Noun (singular)	37.5%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	25%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	8	N/A

Expression using "snuffle": snuffle out. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "snuffle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		të folur me hundë, rrufitje. (various references)

Arabic		‏نطق بنخنخة, ‏تكلم بنخنخة, ‏إنخنخ, ‏شخر بصوت مسموع. (various references)

Bulgarian		сумтя (grunt, snort), сумтене (grunt, snort), гъгнене, гъгна (nasalize), говоря през нос, носово пеене, носов говор (twang), носов звук, подсмърквам (sniff, snivel, snuff), пея през нос. (various references)

Czech		posmrkávat (snivel), huhòat (mumble), funìní (sniff), frkání, fòukat (grizzle, snivel, whimper), èenichat (nose, nuzzle, sniff). (various references)

Danish		snøften. (various references)

Dutch		snuffelen. (various references)

Esperanto		spirblovi, snufi, flarumi. (various references)

Faeroese		snúsa, snýsa. (various references)

Finnish		tuhista (hiss, sniff), niiskuttaa. (various references)

French		respiration bruyante, reniflement (sniff, sniffing, sniffling), prononcer d'une voix nasillarde, parler du nez, nasiller, dire d'une voix nasillarde. (various references)

German		schnüffeln (nose about, nose around, poke about, poke around, pry, sleuthing, sniff, sniffle, snoop, snoop around, to sleuthing, to sniffle, to snoop, to snuffle). (various references)

Greek		ρωθωνίζω (snide, sniffle, snort), σουσουνίζω, ηχηρά αναπνοή, ομιλώ ερινώσ. (various references)

Hebrew		למשוך ב� חירים, לשאוף באף (sniff, snuff). (various references)

Hungarian		szuszogás, szortyogás (squelch), szörtyögés, orrhang (nasal, nasal sound, nasal twang, twang). (various references)

Italian		respirare rumorosamente. (various references)

Manx		stronnaghey (eclipsis, nasalize, sniff, snivel, snort), stron (snort). (various references)

Pig Latin		ufflesnay

Portuguese		ter o nariz tapado, fungar (sniff, snivel), fungadela (sniff, snuff), falar pelo nariz (nasalize), dizer com voz fanhosa. (various references)

Romanian		sforãi (snore, snort), fonfãi (twang), fârnâi (twang). (various references)

Russian		сопение, гнусавость (twang). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		njuškanje (nosing), šmrkati (sniff, snort), šmrkanje (sniff, sniffle). (various references)

Spanish		ruido de la nariz, respirar con ruido, hacer ruido con la nariz, gangueo (twang), ganguear. (various references)

Swedish		snörvla (sniffle, snivel). (various references)

Thai		พู�"เสียงออกทางจมูก, สู�"จมูกเสียง�"ัง, การสู�"จมูก, หายใจเสียง�"ัง. (various references)

Turkish		sesli nefes almak, koklama (olfactory, smell, smelling, sniff, sniffing), hırıltılı solumak (roar), genizden konuşma, gürültüyle burnunu çekmek, burnunu sesli çekmek, burnunu çekme (sniff), burnundan konuşmak, burnundan konuşma. (various references)

Ukrainian		сопіти (blurt, nuzzle, sniff, snuff), сопіння (sniff, snuff), шумно вдихати, гугнявість, гугнявити (nasalize). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự khụt khịt. (various references)

Welsh		snwffian (sniff, snuff, whimper). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "snuffle": snuffled, snuffler, snufflers, snuffles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Snuffle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: skuffle, smuffle, snufler, snurfle. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-f-l-n-s-u"
	-2 letters: flues, fuels, fusel, luffs, lunes, sluff, snuff.
	-3 letters: effs, fens, feus, flue, flus, fuel, funs, fuse, lens, lues, luff, lune, self, slue.
	-4 letters: eff, efs, elf, els, ens, fen, feu, flu, fun, leu, nus, sel, sen, sue, sun, uns, use.
	-5 letters: ef, el, en, es, ne, nu, un, us.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-f-l-n-s-u"
	+1 letter: snuffled, snuffler, snuffles.
	+2 letters: affluents, bluffness, effluents, snufflers, snufflier, unmuffles.
	+3 letters: affluences, effluences, effluxions, fitfulness, fluffiness, insufflate, snuffliest.
	+4 letters: affluencies, bluffnesses, effulgences, fatefulness, fearfulness, fretfulness, insufflated, insufflates, reshuffling.
	+5 letters: faithfulness, fancifulness, faultfinders, fitfulnesses, fluffinesses, forcefulness, fruitfulness, fulfillments, insufferable, insufferably, sufficiently.
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