snivel
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sniv·el 
[sniv-uhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British) -elled, -el·ling, noun
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[sniv-uhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British) -elled, -el·ling, noun –verb (used without object)
–verb (used with object)
–noun
| 1. | to weep or cry with sniffling. |
| 2. | to affect a tearful state; whine. |
| 3. | to run at the nose; have a runny nose: She sniveled from the cold. |
| 4. | to draw up mucus audibly through the nose: Stop sniveling and use your handkerchief. |
| 5. | to utter with sniveling or sniffling. |
| 6. | weak, whining, or pretended weeping. |
| 7. | a light sniffle, as in weeping. |
| 8. | a hypocritical show of feeling: a sentimental snivel. |
| 9. | mucus running from the nose. |
| 10. | snivels, a sniveling condition; a slight cold; sniffles (usually prec. by the). |
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME snyvele; cf. OE snyflung (ger.), deriv. of snofl mucus; c. LG snüfeln]
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sniv·el·er; especially British, sniv·el·ler, noun
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| sniv·el
(snĭv'əl) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. sniv·eled or sniv·elled, sniv·el·ing or sniv·el·ling, sniv·els
n.
[Middle English snivelen, from Old English *snyflan.] sniv'el·er n. |
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