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English
Etymology
sniff + -le (frequentative suffix)
Pronunciation
Verb
sniffle (third-person singular simple present sniffles, present participle sniffling, simple past and past participle sniffled)
- (intransitive) To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing, because of a runny nose.
- Her dad heard her sniffling and passed her a handkerchief.
- (transitive) To utter with a whimpering or sniffing sound.
- He sniffled a pathetic apology.
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Translations
to make a whimpring sound when breathing
- Bulgarian: подсмърчам (podsmǎrčam)
- Finnish: niiskauttaa (once), niiskuttaa (repeatedly)
- German: schnüffeln (de)
- Irish: bheith ag smaoisíl, bheith ag smaoisireacht
- Norman: snifflier
- Portuguese: fungar o nariz
- Russian: всхли́пывать (ru) impf (vsxlípyvatʹ) (can indicate cry), всхли́пнуть (ru) pf (vsxlípnutʹ) (can indicate cry), шмыгать носом (šmygatʹ nosom) (colloquial, especially during common cold), прошмыгать носом pf (prošmygatʹ nosom) (colloquial, especially during common cold)
- Serbo-Croatian: šmrkati (sh) impf, šmrknuti (sh) pf
- Ukrainian: шмо́ргати но́сом impf (šmórhaty nósom), шмо́ргнути но́сом pf (šmórhnuty nósom)
- Welsh: sniffian (cy), snwffian (cy)
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Noun
sniffle (plural sniffles)
- The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.
- I sometimes have a sniffle during allergy season.
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