SNUFFLE

I. verb (~d; snuffling) see: snivel Date: circa 1600 intransitive verb to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly, to breathe through an obstructed nose with a sniffing sound, to speak through or as if through the nose ; whine , transitive verb to seek or test by or as if by repeated sniffs, ~r noun II. noun Date: 1717 sniffles, the act or sound of snuffling, a nasal twang