1. Verb
To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
2. Noun
The act of snuffing; a sound made by the air passing through the nose when obstructed.
3. Noun
An affected nasal twang; hence, cant; hypocrisy.
4. Noun
Obstruction of the nose by mucus; nasal catarrh of infants or children.
5. Noun
the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
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