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单词 snuffle
释义 snuf·fle
I. \ˈsnəfəl\ verb
(snuffled ; snuffled ; snuffling \-f(ə)liŋ\ ; snuffles)
Etymology: akin to Dutch & Low German snuffelen to nose about, snuffle — more at snivel
intransitive verb
1. : to snuff especially audibly and repeatedly
 < the tiny dog snuffled hungrily over the meat — T.B.Costain >
 < took her handkerchief … and snuffled into it — Jean Stafford >
2. : to breathe through an obstructed nose with a broken sound
 < a herd of buffalo stomping and snuffling around — Jackson Burgess >
3.
 a. : to speak in a nasal tone
  < the old man snuffled indistinctly in reply >
 b. archaic : to speak in a canting sanctimonious manner
4. : to make a sound like a snuffle
 < the wind snuffling at the window >
 < a teletype snuffles intermittently — Lamp >
5. : snivel, whimper
 < the child merely snuffled a little >
transitive verb
1. : to snuff up
 < the wind is warm and the horse snuffles it — Millen Brand >
2. : to snuff out
 < dogs snuffling rabbits >
3. : to snuff at
 < old hound that used to snuffle your door and moan — R.P.Warren >
 < a snooping dog snuffled the thickets — George Heinold >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : the act or fact of snuffling
 b. : the sound made in snuffling
  < the snort and snuffle of the straining oxen — Victor Canning >
2. : a nasal twang
 < talked with an adenoidal snuffle — Earle Birney >
3. snuffles plural : sniffles
4. snuffles plural but usually singular in construction : a respiratory disorder in animals marked especially by catarrhal inflammation and sniffling: as
 a. : a contagious disease of rabbits characterized by nasal discharge, sneezing, rubbing of the nose, and gradual emaciation and caused by a bacterium (Brucella bronchiseptica)
 b. : bullnose 3
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