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snuffling

snuffling is the present participle and gerund of snuffle.

Meaning of snuffle

Verb

snuffle (third-person singular simple present snuffles, present participle snuffling, simple past and past participle snuffled)

  1. (intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
  2. (intransitive) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
    • One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme […] / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The First Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […]...

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Noun

snuffling (plural snufflings)

  1. A breathy noise; a snuffle

Forms of snuffling

pluralsnufflings

Questions about snuffling

What does snuffling mean?
Snuffling means a breathy noise; a snuffle.
What is snuffling the present participle and gerund of?
Snuffling is the present participle and gerund of snuffle.
What part of speech is snuffling?
Snuffling is a noun.
What is the plural of snuffling?
The plural of snuffling is snufflings.

Words near snuffling in the dictionary

  1. snuffless
  2. Snuffleupagus
  3. snufflier
  4. snuffliest
  5. snuffliness
  6. snuffling
  7. snufflingly
  8. snufflings
  9. snuffly
  10. snuffs
  11. snuffs it

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