Meaning & use
Snuffling
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Breathing noisily through a partly blocked nose, or sniffing repeatedly, as an animal searching for food.
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The dog went snuffling around the garden looking for its buried bone.
She sat snuffling into a tissue, clearly coming down with a cold.
A note on using this word
Closely related to 'sniffle,' but 'snuffle' more often suggests a heavier, more animal-like snorting sound.
Words with a similar meaning
snifflingsniffingsnorting
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