snuffle
verb (used without object)
to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff.
snuffles
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present tense formof snuffle (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Hedgehogs may be communicating with more than just snuffles, grunts and snorts, according to scientists who have discovered the animal's hearing range.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The sound design also helps bring the series’ creatures to life, though roars, grunts, snuffles, and subtler noises like heavy footsteps, or the rustling of raptors rushing through a field of wheat.
From The Verge ● Oct. 7, 2019
Although he seldom cries, he “grunts and snuffles and roars.”
From The New Yorker ● May 11, 2019
In time, the kids help teach Dumbo to fly, coaxing him with a feather he snuffles into his trunk: He sneezes, and the exhalation sends him up.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2019
“That’s the music I heard last night,” she managed between recovering snuffles.
From "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbit
