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snuffler

snuffler

1 8.7
A person who breathes loudly through a blocked nose
  • noun
  • /ˈsnʌflər/
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  • During the concert, I noticed several snufflers in the audience, struggling to breathe through their stuffy noses.

Examples

  • -Come here, you little snuffler.

    Prime Mover (2009)

  • The little boy was a constant snuffler due to his cold, making it hard for him to speak clearly.

  • The teacher asked the snuffler at the back of the class to blow his nose so he could hear better.

Synonyms

sniffer
vssnuffler
5 8.0

A person who breathes in repeatedly through the nose, often from a cold or allergies

is about noisy breathing caused by blockage rather than habitual quick breaths
sniffler
vssnuffler
7.3

A person who breathes loudly through a blocked nose because of a cold or allergies

is about noisy breathing from any blockage rather than only illness causes
sniveler
vssnuffler
  • US
9.3

A person who breathes loudly through a blocked nose and sniffles

focuses on general noisy breathing without the added sniffing actions

Surface Forms

snuffler singular
snufflers plural

Morphology

snuffler = snuffle (transparent) = snuffle + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'snuffle' meaning a person who snuffles, so the relation is directly deducible.

Etymology

The word snuffler comes from the verb snuffle, a word that copies the sound of noisy breathing and is like the common word sniff. So a snuffler is someone who 'snuffles', that is, someone who breathes loudly, often because their nose is blocked.