snuffle

Plural: snuffles

Noun

the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
An act of snuffling; sniffing loudly.

Verb

Verb Forms: snuffled, snuffling, snuffles

To sniffle; to breathe noisily through the nose.
sniff or smell inquiringly
snuff up mucus through the nose
cry or whine with snuffling
To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.

Examples

Don’t just SNUFFLE at your tiles; make a play!

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

blub, blubber, sniffle, snivel, snuff

Scrabble Score: 13

snuffle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
snuffle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
snuffle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

snuffle: valid Words With Friends Word