Meaning & use
snuffle
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to breathe noisily through a partly blocked nose, or to sniff repeatedly, as an animal searching for scent.
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The puppy snuffled around the garden, following an interesting scent.
He snuffled through the entire meeting, clearly fighting a cold.
A note on using this word
Snuffle is often used for animals like dogs and pigs investigating something with their noses, but it also describes a person breathing noisily due to a cold or crying.
Words with a similar meaning
sniffsnort
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