Толковый словарь английского языка - snuffle
Snuffle
snuffle
I. verb (~d; snuffling) see: snivel Date: circa 1600 intransitive verb to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly, to breathe through an obstructed nose with a sniffing sound, to speak through or as if through the nose ; whine , transitive verb to seek or test by or as if by repeated sniffs, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1717 sniffles, the act or sound of snuffling, a nasal twang
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. make sniffing sounds. 2 a intr. speak nasally, whiningly, or like one with a cold. b tr. (often foll. by out) say in this way. 3 intr. breathe noisily as through a partially blocked nose. 4 intr. sniff. --n. 1 a snuffling sound or tone. 2 (in pl.) a partial blockage of the nose causing snuffling. 3 a sniff. Derivatives snuffler n. snuffly adj. Etymology: prob. f. LG & Du. snuffelen (as SNUFF(2)): cf. SNIVEL ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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