"snuffle" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /snʌfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snuffle.wav Forms: snuffles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌfəl Etymology: Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{uder|en|nl|snuffelen||to snuffle}} Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), {{suffix|en|snuff|-le}} snuff + -le Head templates: {{en-noun}} snuffle (plural snuffles)
  1. An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly. Categories (topical): Sounds Related terms: sniffle [noun], Snuffleupagus, schnozzle Translations (instance of sniffing loudly): сумтене (sumtene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), (nàng) (Chinese Mandarin), nuuhkaisu (Finnish), nuuskinta (Finnish), nuuhkinta (Finnish), reniflement [masculine] (French), whenguwhengu (Maori), kuruwhengu (Maori), kurahenga (Maori)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /snʌfəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snuffle.wav Forms: snuffles [present, singular, third-person], snuffling [participle, present], snuffled [participle, past], snuffled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌfəl Etymology: Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{uder|en|nl|snuffelen||to snuffle}} Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), {{suffix|en|snuff|-le}} snuff + -le Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: intransitive Translations (to sniff loudly): сумтя (sumtja) (Bulgarian), 抽鼻子 (chōubízi) (Chinese Mandarin), nuuhkaista (english: once) (Finnish), nuuhkia (Finnish), nuuskia (english: repeatedly) (Finnish), renifler (French), kuruwhengu (Maori), peru (Maori), kurahenga (Maori), whenguwhengu (Maori), сопеть (sopetʹ) (Russian), сопіти (sopity) (Ukrainian), шморгати (šmorhaty) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (intransitive) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound. Tags: intransitive Translations (to speak through the nose): гугнявити (huhnjavyty) (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: snuffler, snuffly Related terms: sniffle [verb], snivel [verb]

Inflected forms

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        "3": "snuffelen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to snuffle"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "snuff",
        "3": "-le"
      },
      "expansion": "snuff + -le",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Low German and Dutch snuffelen (“to snuffle”), equivalent to snuff + -le.",
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    {
      "form": "snuffles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snuffling",
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      "form": "snuffled",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "sniffle"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "snivel"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly."
      ],
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        [
          "sniff",
          "sniff"
        ],
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          "nose",
          "nose"
        ],
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          "loud"
        ],
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          "audibly"
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        "(intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "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. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "One clad in purple / Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme […] / Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/snʌfəl/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snuffle.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌfəl"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sumtja",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "сумтя"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chōubízi",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "抽鼻子"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "once",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "nuuhkaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "nuuhkia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "repeatedly",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "nuuskia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "renifler"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "kuruwhengu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "peru"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "kurahenga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "whenguwhengu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sopetʹ",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "сопеть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sopity",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "сопіти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šmorhaty",
      "sense": "to sniff loudly",
      "word": "шморгати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "huhnjavyty",
      "sense": "to speak through the nose",
      "word": "гугнявити"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snuffle"
}

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    "Rhymes:English/ʌfəl",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌfəl/2 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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        "4": "",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "sniffle"
    },
    {
      "word": "Snuffleupagus"
    },
    {
      "word": "schnozzle"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/snʌfəl/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snuffle.wav",
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʌfəl"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sumtene",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сумтене"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nàng",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "word": "齉"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "word": "nuuhkaisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "word": "nuuskinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "word": "nuuhkinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reniflement"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "word": "whenguwhengu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "word": "kuruwhengu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "instance of sniffing loudly",
      "word": "kurahenga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snuffle"
}

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