snuffle

Universal Words verb, noun verb 1 to breathe noisily because you have a cold or you are crying SYNSNIFF: [V] I could hear the child snuffling in her sleep. [also Vspeech] 2 [V] ~ (about / around) if an animal snuffles, it breathes noisily through its nose, especially while it is smelling sth: The dog was snuffling around in the bushes. noun (also less frequent snuffling) an act or the sound of snuffling: The silence was broken only by the snuffles of the dogs. * His breath came in snuffles. IDIOMS get, have, etc. the snuffles (informal) to get/have a cold