Vic Reeves

I pretended to be dead in front of a pig once, because I heard that they snuffle you, they try and wake you up, to check if you really are dead. And if you are dead, they eat you, but they like having a little prod first.

Use 'snuffle' to describe noisy breathing due to health issues like a cold.

Health-related

Snuffle can convey that someone is on the verge of crying.

Emotional distress

Don't use 'snuffle' for objects; it's for people or animals only.

Not for objects

Use this meaning when someone searches for something by smelling, especially animals.

Searching behavior

It can describe a person showing curiosity by nosing around.

Curiosity

'Snuffle' doesn't necessarily suggest rudeness, unlike 'snoop'.

No negative connotation

Use 'snuffle' for sounds more noticeable in a quiet setting.

Quiet environment

A snuffle can signal someone's or something's presence without visual confirmation.

Indicator of presence

A noun form of 'snuffle' can convey a range of emotions subtly.

Subtle Emotion

 on a walk through the rainforest I stopped to investigate this and the to a guy that I was with was most astonished as I knelt down and began snuffling away but actually it was not unpleasant in the way that that dog feces are unpleasant it was it actually

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 other monkeys have more sophisticated tastes the same swamp is home to capuchins they've learned to come down to swamp level at the right time to snuffle a delicacy

Snuffle

Health-related

Emotional distress

Not for objects

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