Timeline for Suck with a nose
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| Feb 14, 2014 at 0:31 | comment | added | user867 | In my experience of Australian English, "sniffle" is not something I ever hear; "Sniff" carries the day in almost all cases. | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 23:39 | comment | added | neminem | I agree with Joseph - at least this side of the pond, sniffing means breathing air into your nose with the purpose of smelling something, sniffling means breathing air into your nose with the purpose of dislodging snot. (And snort is of course breathing air into your nose with the purpose of inhaling some sort of recreational drug - I'm not sure I've ever seen it in any other capacity. :p) | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 23:30 | comment | added | joseph_morris | Since you're answering with reference to UK slang, maybe things are different on that side of the pond. But in the US "to sniff" is usually inhaling air audibly; "to snort" is to make a pig-like sound while inhaling (or to inhale drugs, esp. cocaine); and "to sniffle" involves inhaling snot. The question was about snot. So, I still say sniffle. | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 21:29 | vote | accept | Dávid Natingga | ||
| Feb 13, 2014 at 19:46 | comment | added | Jon Hanna | @AndrewLeach I'm not sure I agree that snort is generally outwards, but if you're ever accused in the future of having a cocaine habit, you can reference your comment here as showing you don't even know how ;) | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 19:33 | comment | added | Abernasty | @Louel Ah, so it is. I guess I would say that anecdotally at least, I'm used to sniffle being used as a noun and sniff the verb, though they can both swap those parts of speech. | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 19:32 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Andrew: Agreed. Snorking is in through the nose, contrasting with hawking, which is out through the throat / mouth. | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 19:31 | comment | added | Louel | I hate to burst your bubble, Abernasty, but "sniffle" is also an intransitive verb. merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sniffle?show=0&t=1392319825 | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 19:26 | comment | added | Andrew Leach♦ | I rather like the onomatapoeic snork. Snort is generally outwards; snork is exactly the sound of a snotty sniff. | |
| Feb 13, 2014 at 19:24 | history | answered | Abernasty | CC BY-SA 3.0 |