sniffle

sniffle
Synonyms and related words:
Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, assibilate, assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, buzz, cough, draw in, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, gasp, gulp, hack, hiccup, hiss, hissing, huff, hush, hushing, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inhalement, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, lisp, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, respiration, respire, rhonchus, scuba, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigh, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, slurp, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, snore, snoring, snort, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, suck, suck in, sucking, suckle, suction, suspiration, swish, wheeze, whish, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, wind, zip

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  • Sniffle — Snif fle, v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See {Snivel}.] To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sniffle — (v.) 1819, frequentative form of SNIFF (Cf. sniff). Related: Sniffled; sniffling. The sniffles runny nose, head cold is recorded from 1825 …   Etymology dictionary

  • sniffle — ► VERB ▪ sniff slightly or repeatedly, typically because of a cold or fit of crying. ► NOUN 1) an act of sniffling. 2) a slight head cold. DERIVATIVES sniffly adjective. ORIGIN imitative …   English terms dictionary

  • sniffle — [snif′əl] vi. sniffled, sniffling to sniff repeatedly, as in checking mucus running from the nose n. an act or sound of sniffling the sniffles Informal 1. a head cold 2. the sniffling that accompanies a crying spell sniffler n …   English World dictionary

  • sniffle — I UK [ˈsnɪf(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms sniffle : present tense I/you/we/they sniffle he/she/it sniffles present participle sniffling past tense sniffled past participle sniffled to keep breathing in noisily through your nose, for… …   English dictionary

  • sniffle — [[t]snɪ̱f(ə)l[/t]] sniffles, sniffling, sniffled 1) VERB If you sniffle, you keep sniffing, usually because you are crying or have a cold. Please don t yell at me. She began to sniffle. Syn: snuffle 2) N COUNT: also the N in pl A sniffle is a… …   English dictionary

  • sniffle — 1. verb To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing because of a runny nose. Sonia sniffled a little, and her eyes were puffy and wet. 2. noun The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or …   Wiktionary

  • sniffle — snif|fle1 [ˈsnıfəl] v [i]spoken [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: sniff] to keep sniffing in order to stop liquid from running out of your nose, especially when you are crying or you have a cold ▪ For goodness sake, stop sniffling! sniffle 2 sniffle2 n… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sniffle — snif|fle1 [ snıfl ] verb intransitive to keep breathing in noisily through your nose, for example because you are crying or you have a cold sniffle snif|fle 2 [ snıfl ] noun count often plural a slight cold …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sniffle — I. intransitive verb (sniffled; sniffling) Etymology: frequentative of sniff Date: 1632 1. to sniff repeatedly ; snuffle 2. to speak with or as if with sniffling • sniffler noun II …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sniffle — sniffler, n. /snif euhl/, v., sniffled, sniffling, n. v.i. 1. to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears: She sniffled woefully. n. 2. an act or sound of sniffling. 3. sniffles, a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling… …   Universalium

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