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  • verb Present participle of snuffle.
  • noun A breathy noise; a snuffle

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  • adjective liable to sniffle

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Examples

  • Snuffler, Snuffy or Snuff for the nose and the 'snuffling' he'll do finding those birds!

    Name My Dog 2008

  • This shape was tubby and it made a kind of snuffling as it waddled along.

    Jurassic Park Crichton, Michael, 1942- 1991

  • “She was kind of snuffling and sulking, but she said goodbye pleasant.”

    Ask the Cards a Question Muller, Marcia 1982

  • Don't get me wrong, I am a breast-feeding advocate and will probably continue with it until things get awkward, but something about a group of babies scarfing, snuffling, suckling and spitting up made me want to dry heave.

    Toni Nagy: Competitive Mom Friends Toni Nagy 2011

  • Don't get me wrong, I am a breast-feeding advocate and will probably continue with it until things get awkward, but something about a group of babies scarfing, snuffling, suckling and spitting up made me want to dry heave.

    Toni Nagy: Competitive Mom Friends Toni Nagy 2011

  • Chabon is a certified master of the language, taking the reader on sweeps and bounds through imagery set at a new level: “Thunder harried the building like a hound, brushing its crackling coat against the spandrels and mullions, snuffling all the windowpanes.”

    “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay” by Michael Chabon (Random House, 2000) « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Chabon is a certified master of the language, taking the reader on sweeps and bounds through imagery set at a new level: “Thunder harried the building like a hound, brushing its crackling coat against the spandrels and mullions, snuffling all the windowpanes.”

    2010 February 09 « The BookBanter Blog 2010

  • Don't get me wrong, I am a breast-feeding advocate and will probably continue with it until things get awkward, but something about a group of babies scarfing, snuffling, suckling and spitting up made me want to dry heave.

    Toni Nagy: Competitive Mom Friends Toni Nagy 2011

  • Next Post Réalité: Sibling rage on 'Top Chef,' snot snuffling on 'Top Model,' weak fashions on 'Runway,' and granny panties on 'DWTS'

    'Brothers & Sisters' recap: Luc dances his way into the Walker clan | EW.com 2009

  • Don't get me wrong, I am a breast-feeding advocate and will probably continue with it until things get awkward, but something about a group of babies scarfing, snuffling, suckling and spitting up made me want to dry heave.

    Toni Nagy: Competitive Mom Friends Toni Nagy 2011

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