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sniffle
[ snif-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears:
She sniffled woefully.
noun
- an act or sound of sniffling.
- (the) sniffles, a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling:
This draft is giving me the sniffles.
sniffle
/ ˈsnɪfəl /
verb
- intr to breathe audibly through the nose, as when the nasal passages are congested
noun
- the act, sound, or an instance of sniffling
Derived Forms
- ˈsniffler, noun
- ˈsniffly, adjective
Other Words From
- sniffler noun
Example Sentences
But no matter, we are allergic and getting more allergic, hear us roar (and sniffle and whine and hack).
Many sniffle and wheeze antidotes are in the list of the 100 most frequently prescribed medications in 2013.
Let's not have a sniffle," the chorus continues—"Let's have a bloody good cry.
The plate of meat was brought by Mary Jones with Gower beside her, and a sniffle of her happiness audible.
The strange young woman's avoidance of any popular sniffle of the pathetic had a recognized merit.
At the invitation both children threw themselves violently on Mary and clung to her, beginning to sniffle again.
It took the form of an unmistakable sniffle, and it somehow contrived to be indubitably and rather pitifully feminine.
At this moment a sound was heard on the other side of the door, something between a cry, a sniffle, and a sob.
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