| snuffle | 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." (Dryden) Origin: Freq. Of snuff, v.i.; akin to LG. Snuffeln, G. Schnuffeln, D. Snuffeln, Dan. Snovle. Cf. Sniffle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| snuffles | Obstructed nasal respiration, especially in the newborn infant, sometimes due to congenital syphilis. Rabbit snuffles, acute inflammation of the upper nasal passages, usually associated with Pasteurella organisms; in outbreaks of snuffles in rabbitries there usually are some deaths from pneumonia. (05 Mar 2000) |