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# snuffle

«snuffle» in Mova's school dictionary: **to breathe noisily through your nose, for example when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (snuffle, snuffles, snuffled, snuffling); noun (a snuffle, the snuffles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To snuffle means to breathe noisily through your nose, for example when you have a cold or are crying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#m1)

2) When an animal snuffles, it sniffs noisily along the ground, looking for food or a smell, like a dog, pig or hedgehog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#m2)

3) (noun) A snuffle is that noisy breathing sound; "the snuffles" (informal) is a light cold with a runny nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes small sounds of animals and of children who are sad or ill; it makes a scene feel close and real. In nature lessons hedgehogs and badgers snuffle for worms and beetles. Phrases: "snuffle around", "snuffle about", "have the snuffles".

### examples

- The puppy snuffled around the garden for its ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#x1)
- A hedgehog snuffled through the leaves at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#x2)
- My little brother snuffled into his pillow after the bad dream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#x3)
- I have the snuffles, so I need tissues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#x4)
- The pig snuffled in the mud for food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#x5)
- We heard a snuffle under the bed and found the cat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#x6)
- She stopped crying and gave a last snuffle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#x7)
- No one else cared.” He snuffled a little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: snuffled, snuffling. Close to "sniffle" (sniffing because of a cold or tears) and "sniff". "The snuffles" is informal.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «snuffle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/snuffle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.