snuffled

Meanings

• Verb

  To breathe noisily through the nose, especially while searching for something.

  - "The bloodhound snuffled the ground, following the scent of its prey."
  - "The detective snuffled through the old files, looking for clues."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with snuffled
muffled , stuffled , ruffled

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Variants

List of all variants of snuffled that leads to same result
snuffle , snuffled , snuffler , snufflers , snuffles , snuffling

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Originally meant ‘to breathe with the nose,’ snuffled is believed to have developed from the Old English word snifian, which meant ‘to breathe through the nose.’

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Trivia

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1. The term ‘snuffling’ is often used metaphorically to describe someone who is searching for information or trying to find something.

2. In the Harry Potter series, the character Snuffles is a Bowtruckle, a tree-like house-elf that guards the Forbidden Forest.

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Related Concepts

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1. tracking: Snuffling is a common technique used in tracking animals, particularly bloodhounds and other scent hounds.

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How to Memorize "snuffled"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine yourself as a bloodhound, following a trail by snuffling the ground.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word snuffled with the sound of a bloodhound's noisy breathing.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the phrase ‘sniffing out the truth,’ which relates to the idea of finding something through the sense of smell.

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