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snuffly
adjective
uk /ˈsnʌf.əl.i/ us /ˈsnʌf.əl.i/
breathing in quickly and repeatedly through the nose, usually because you are crying or because you have a cold:
I was a sickly, snuffly bronchial child.
Wiping her eyes, she managed a snuffly laugh.
(of an animal) breathing in quickly and repeatedly through the nose while smelling something:
Everyone loves hedgehogs, with their snuffly little noses and punky hairdos.
The baby's a bit snuffly - I think it's his teeth.
Her nose is slightly turned up and always a bit snuffly.
It was the snuffly brown kind of bear that would come out of hibernation for peanuts.
Some monsters are scary with pointy teeth and snuffly grunts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
aerobic
asphyxia
asphyxiation
aspirate
breathable
breathe (something) in
choke
draw breathphrase
expire
hyperventilation
lungful
non-breathing
out of breath
pant
puff
puffed
puffed out
stifle
strangulation
suffocate
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