sniffle

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: snif=fle

CIDE DICTIONARY

sniffle, v. i. [Freq. of sniff. See Snivel.].

 To snuffle, as one does with a catarrh.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sniffle, v. & n.
--v.intr. sniff slightly or repeatedly.
--n.
1 the act of sniffling.
2 (in sing. or pl.) a cold in the head causing a running nose and sniffling.

Derivative

sniffler n. sniffly adj.

Etymology

imit.: cf. SNIVEL

THESAURUS

sniffle

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

ROGET THESAURUS

sniffle

Wind

VB blow, waft, blow hard, blow great guns, blow a hurricane, wuther, stream, issue, respire, breathe, puff, whiff, whiffle, gasp, wheeze, snuff, snuffle, sniff, sniffle, sneeze, cough, fan, ventilate, inflate, perflate, blow up.