# snuffle

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈsnʌfəl/

## Definitions
1. To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
2. To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

## Etymology
Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Compare also Old English snofl (“snot, nasal mucus”), which might not have survived into Middle English.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/snuffle