Snuf·fle v. i. [imp. & p. p. Snuffled p. pr. & vb. n. Snuffling ] To speak through the nose; to breathe through the nose when it is obstructed, so as to make a broken sound.
One clad in purple
Eats, and recites some lamentable rhyme . . .
Snuffling at nose, and croaking in his throat. --Dryden.