Snuffle — Defs

01 v. i. To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

imp. & p. p. Snuffled; p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling

1.
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
“One clad in purple Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . . Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.” — Dryden.

02 n. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.

1.
The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
“This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle.” — Coleridge.
2.
An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
3.
Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.[Colloq.]