Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To breathe audibly through a runny or congested nose.
- intransitive verb To weep or whimper lightly with spasmodic congestion of the nose.
- noun The act or sound of sniffling.
- noun A condition, such as a head cold, accompanied by congestion of the nose. Used with the.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To snuffle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb Prov. Eng. To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To make a
whimpering orsniffing sound whenbreathing because of arunny nose . - noun The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a
runny orwet nose , as from acold orallergies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)
- verb inhale audibly through the nose
- verb cry or whine with snuffling
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Except I think I am getting sick. * sniffle sniffle* Grargh. before | | this
hemopoetic Diary Entry hemopoetic 2002
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Sadly, I'm starting to get them "sniffle, sniffle*, and I hope you all can help a little!
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They suddenly heard a sniffle from the doorway and everyone looked up to see Jackie standing in the doorway to the control room.
Hunger Moon: Chapter Eleven amberfocus 2008
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I see the need (and remember well those scary years of having no health insurance -- not dragging the kids to the doctor for every sniffle, which is apparently the norm when insurance will pay the bill, facing hospital bills) ...
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To my surprise, there were an awful lot of cocaine jokes last night, but the best was Farrell's quip that his sniffle was the result of a cold and not "that other thing, that it used to be."
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On a budget-crunch. * sniffle* My next purchase will be Blaze of Memory. * sigh* So can't wait.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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I @ you quite often but you never respond. * sniffle* It's okay.
Q&A Session and Writing Nalini Singh 2009
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If the President can convey such a patriotic sense of possibility with vigor and meaning, he just might make the Speaker sniffle as he sits behind him on the rostrum Tuesday night.
Jim Kennedy: Obama's Mission: Make Boehner Cry Jim Kennedy 2011
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She made me sniffle, more often than once, usually during festive seasons.
Global Voices in English » Malaysia: Remembering film director Yasmin Ahmad 2009
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Star Kissed was beautiful, Nalini, but also really kind of sad. * sniffle*
Website Updated Nalini Singh 2009
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