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niffling

niffling is the present participle and gerund of niffle.

Meaning of niffle

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.

Questions about niffling

What is niffling the present participle and gerund of?
Niffling is the present participle and gerund of niffle.

Words near niffling in the dictionary

  1. niffle
  2. niffled
  3. niffler
  4. nifflers
  5. niffles
  6. niffling
  7. niffs
  8. niffy
  9. nifH
  10. nifHs
  11. nifidepine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: niffling (page history and authors); niffle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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