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snif⋅fle
[snif-uh
l] 
verb, -fled, -fling, noun –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears: She sniffled woefully. |
–noun
| 2. | an act or sound of sniffling. |
| 3. | sniffles, a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling (usually prec. by the): This draft is giving me the sniffles. |
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| snif·fle (snĭf'əl) intr.v. snif·fled, snif·fling, snif·fles
[Frequentative of sniff.] snif'fler n., snif'fly (snĭf'ə-lē, snĭf'lē) adj. |
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Sniffle
Snif"fle\, v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See Snivel.] To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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sniffle
1819, frequentative form of sniff. The sniffles "runny nose, head cold" is recorded from 1825.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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