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.
The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed. This dread sovereign, Breath, in its passage, gave a snort or snuffle. Coleridge.
An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children. [Colloq.]
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