Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sniffle"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sniffle \Snif"fle\, v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See {Snivel}.]
To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sniffle
n : the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the
nose is congested) [syn: {snuffle}, {snivel}]
v 1: cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got
yourself into this mess!" [syn: {snivel}, {blubber}, {snuffle}]
2: inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was
sniffling in the back row" [syn: {sniff}]
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