'Sniffle' definitions:
Definition of 'sniffle'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) [syn: snuffle, sniffle, snivel]
verb
Cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!" [syn: snivel, sniffle, blubber, blub, snuffle]
verb
Inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row" [syn: sniff, sniffle]
Definition of 'Sniffle'
From: GCIDE
- Sniffle \Snif"fle\, v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See Snivel.] To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sniffle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Aqua-Lung,
- artificial respiration,
- aspirate,
- aspiration,
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- asthmatic wheeze,
- blow,
- breath,
- breath of air,
- breathe,
- breathe hard,
- breathe in,
- breathe out,
- breathing,
- broken wind,
- buzz,
- cough,
- draw in,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescing,
- exhalation,
- exhale,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expiration,
- expire,
- exsufflation,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- gasp,
- gulp,
- hack,
- hiccup,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- huff,
- hush,
- hushing,
- inhalation,
- inhalator,
- inhale,
- inhalement,
- inspiration,
- inspire,
- insufflation,
- iron lung,
- lisp,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- oxygen mask,
- oxygen tent,
- pant,
- puff,
- respiration,
- respire,
- rhonchus,
- scuba,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- siffle,
- sigh,
- sigmatism,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- slurp,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuff in,
- snuffle,
- spit,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- suck,
- suck in,
- sucking,
- suckle,
- suction,
- suspiration,
- swish,
- wheeze,
- whish,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- wind,
- zip