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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Snuffle (0.00883 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Snuffle.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: snuffle
snuffle
n : the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the
nose is congested) [syn:
sniffle,
snivel]
snuffle
v 1: sniff or smell inquiringly [syn:
snuff]
2: snuff up mucus through the nose [syn:
snivel]
3: cry or whine with snuffling;
“Stop snivelling--you got
yourself into this mess!” [syn:
snivel,
sniffle,
blubber,
blub]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Snuffle
Snuffle
\Snuf"fle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Snuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Snuffling.] [Freq. of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. snuffeln,
G. schn["u]ffeln, D. snuffeln, Dan. sn["o]vle. Cf.
Sniffle.]
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when
it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
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One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.
--Dryden.
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Snuffle
\Snuf"fle\, n.
1. The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing
through the nose when obstructed.
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This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a
snort or snuffle. --Coleridge.
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2. An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
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3. pl. Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of
infants or children. [Colloq.]
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