sniffle
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈsnɪfəl/
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- The pills made Neil's mouth dry but did nothing to reduce either the itch or the sniffle.
- get the sniffles
- a case of sniffles
- coughs and sniffles
I think I went a good two years without even without even a sniffle.
- I think I went a good two years without even without even a sniffle.
- They expect the world to move and respond to their every twinge, ache, pain or sniffle.
Examples
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"I need information on adoption," Jill said, snorting back a sniffle and glancing around the softly lit room.
Fiction book (1999) -
I seem to always be recovering from the pesky sniffles, but I am overall in good health.
Blog text (28) -
"I could hear her sniffle as she closed the door behind me."
Fiction book (2000) -
Got the sniffles all the time.
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A guy gets the sniffles and the world's coming to an end.
Fiction book (2000) -
The sounds they made were different from the muffled sniffles of the women.
Fiction book (1998) -
Crying gives way to sniffles, and Lesha tries to regain her composure.
Fiction book (1993) -
Finally, Belinda sucked back her sniffles and wiped her cheeks.
Fiction book (1999) -
Brewed as a tea, pale-purple Frillies eased a case of the sniffles.
Fiction book (1999) -
After catching a cold, she couldn't stop her sniffle during the meeting.
Synonyms
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7.2
A noisy breath through a blocked nose
How Noisy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sniffle comes from the simple sound sniff, which is like 'a short nose sound', with a little ending -le that makes it a small or repeated action. So a sniffle is a small noisy breath through the nose, often from a cold or when you are about to cry.