snuffle

Definition

To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.

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.

Example Sentences

• "One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme […] / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat."