snuffle

verb

Definition of snufflenext
1
as in to sniff

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2
as in to sniffle

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Recent Examples of snuffle Fava snuffled and dawdled and took her own sweet time up the sidewalk. — Dan Kois, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2025 Next to arrive is her disembodied trunk, with a mind of its own, snuffling out friends and enemies and food. — Jesse Green, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024 Elephants are trampling the thirsty turf, sending sprays of dust into the dry savannah air, and buffalos are bent with their snuffling snouts to the ground. — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 26 Sep. 2023 Local residents popped in to buy vegetables from a shack built out of recycled materials, while an enormous sow snuffled in the heather beside a vegetable garden. — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023 There is an amazing array of puzzles that require dogs to roll, shake, lick or snuffle a product to access food or treats. — Melanie D.g. Kaplan, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023 Two canines in Massachusetts are the first to be used by a law enforcement agency to snuffle the virus. — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snuffle
  1. sniff
  2. sniffle
  3. snort
  4. whine
  5. snore
  6. snivel
  7. snuff
  8. sob
Verb
  • And the men’s team in Midtown — led by owner James Dolan, who notoriously left the Liberty for dead — couldn’t come close to sniffing the Larry O’Brien trophy either.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Ryder said police got a call about Thompson acting irrationally and possibly sniffing glue.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of sniff
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  • Who among us has not experienced an inability to ignore repetitive tapping, clicking, chewing, smacking, and sniffling?
    — Sloane Crosley, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
  • Jurors reached for piles of tissues and audibly sniffled in the silence that fell between the audio playback, local outlets reported.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Definition of sniffle
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  • The former Oasis frontman told a particularly funny story about a flare up back in 1994, where a few fans of the band tried to snort his psoriasis.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • And that says nothing of its snort-like laughs, which reminded me too much of the huffs and puffs of the ride’s donkeys.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of snort
Verb
  • The epic whining heard across MLB over the Tarik Skubal acquisition is evidence Andrew Friedman and Dodgers management are a masterclass in demonstrating creative leadership to cultivate a winning ballclub.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The fact that a prominent world leader has been desperately hoping (some might say whining) for a Nobel Peace Prize is not lost on Bang.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of whine
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  • Women with sleep apnea often don’t snore loudly, which is one reason so many go undiagnosed.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Sleep apnea still carries the stereotype of an older, overweight man snoring on the couch.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of snore
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  • The Odyssey also features the nymph Calypso (Charlize Theron) and Penelope’s sniveling suitor, Antinous (Robert Pattinson), who is seeking to marry the queen and become the ruler of Ithaca.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • All this in an environment where politicians like Jeff Bridges (running for state treasurer who lives in the Cherry Creek school district) whine and snivel about his associates in the teachers’ union not having the funds to effectively teach our kids.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of snivel
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  • These guys might do much of the unglamorous work that goes unnoticed, breaking up play, playing short passes and sliding across into position to snuff out counter-attacks, but their role is highly valued in the transfer market.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • When Rhaenyra learns Helaena jumped to her death at the episode’s conclusion, Rhaenyra shuts the window, snuffing out the last of her compassion for her father’s other children.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of snuff
Verb
  • Clancy was heard loudly sobbing during the graphic testimony about the injuries to her children's bodies.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Judge William Sullivan sent the jury out of the courtroom twice Wednesday afternoon as Clancy sobbed loudly during testimony about her children.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
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