The English Oracle

Suck with a nose

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00:00 Suck With A Nose
00:18 Answer 1 Score 3
00:26 Accepted Answer Score 8
00:45 Answer 3 Score 1
00:54 Answer 4 Score 0
01:12 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 8


Not to steal your thunder joseph_morris, but while the act is a sniffle as a verb it would be to sniff or snort.

Edit-To expound slightly more, I found this page for UK English slang, but it has a pretty expansive breakdown of snuffling.




ANSWER 2

Score 3


The word you're looking for is "sniffle."




ANSWER 3

Score 1


Or try the word "snuffle": : to snuff especially audibly and repeatedly

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snuffle




ANSWER 4

Score 0


Oxford Dictionaries gives as the meaning of 'sniff': 'draw up air audibly through the nose to detect a smell, to stop it running, or to express contempt'.

There is also a verb 'sniffle'meaning: 'sniff slightly or repeatedly, typically because of a cold or fit of crying'.