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niffle

niffle verb: to pilfer.

Verb

niffle (third-person singular simple present niffles, present participle niffling, simple past and past participle niffled)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To pilfer.
  2. (East-Anglia, UK, dialectal) To squirm.

Forms of niffle

third-person singular presentniffles
present participleniffling
past participleniffled
pastniffled

Questions about niffle

What does niffle mean?
Niffle means to pilfer.
What part of speech is niffle?
Niffle is a verb.
What is the past tense of niffle?
The past tense of niffle is niffled.

Words near niffle in the dictionary

  1. niffering
  2. niffers
  3. niffier
  4. niffiest
  5. niffing
  6. niffle
  7. niffled
  8. niffler
  9. nifflers
  10. niffles
  11. niffling

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