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l] Pronunciation Key verb, -eled, -el·ing or (especially British

) -elled, -el·ling, noun

–verb (used without object)

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.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to utter with sniveling or sniffling.

–noun

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

]

—Related forms

sniv·el·er; especially British, sniv·el·ler, noun

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sniv·el Audio Help (snĭv'əl) Pronunciation Key
intr.v. sniv·eled or sniv·elled, sniv·el·ing or sniv·el·ling, sniv·els

[Middle English snivelen, from Old English *snyflan.]

sniv'el·er n.

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