sniffle

Nouns

  • (n) the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested) snuffle, snivel,

Verbs

  • (v) cry or whine with snuffling
    • Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!
    blub, blubber, snivel, snuffle,
  • (v) inhale audibly through the nose
    • the sick student was sniffling in the back row
    sniff,

Synonyms

snuffle snivel blub blubber sniff

Words of close approximity

sniffly
sniffy
sniffer sniffly
sniffler