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sniffled - 2 dictionary results

snif⋅fle

[snif-uhl] 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.

Origin:
1625–35; sniff + -le


sniffler, noun
snif·fle   (snĭf'əl)   
intr.v.   snif·fled, snif·fling, snif·fles
  1. To breathe audibly through a runny or congested nose.
  2. To weep or whimper lightly with spasmodic congestion of the nose.
n.  
  1. The act or sound of sniffling.
  2. sniffles A condition, such as a head cold, accompanied by congestion of the nose. Used with the.

[Frequentative of sniff.]
snif'fler n., snif'fly (snĭf'ə-lē, snĭf'lē) adj.
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