verb · intransitive · rare

snuffle

snuffle · snuffles · snuffled · snuffling

сопіти, шморгати, гугнявити

сопеть

To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audiblyTo sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.

/ˈsnʌfəl/

» "What, Snuffles? Dangerous? I assure you I have him well train-AAAARGH!!"

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
сопетьsopetʹ
сопітиsopity, шморгатиšmorhaty
sniff or smell inquiringly
(intransitive)To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
гугнявитиhuhnjavyty
snuff up mucus through the nose

Examples

1 sentences

"What, Snuffles? Dangerous? I assure you I have him well train-AAAARGH!!"
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Translations

3 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to sniff loudly:

to speak through the nose:

Русский

By meaning 1

to sniff loudly:

Origin

Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Co

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.

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