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niggles

niggles is the plural of niggle.

niggles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of niggle.

Meaning of niggle

Noun

niggle (plural niggles)

  1. A minor complaint or problem.
    • The Olympic medal contender's back problem has been described as a "niggle" by the head coach, Charles van Commenee, but Porter's friend and former team-mate Danielle Carruthers revealed that the injury is playing on the Briton's mind.2012, Anna Kessel, “London 2012: Christian Taylor aims high as Phillips Idowu stays away”, in The Guardian
  2. (obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.

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Questions about niggles

What is niggles the plural of?
Niggles is the plural of niggle.

Words near niggles in the dictionary

  1. niggish
  2. niggle
  3. niggled
  4. niggler
  5. nigglers
  6. niggles
  7. nigglesome
  8. nigglet
  9. nigglets
  10. niggliest
  11. niggliite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: niggles (page history and authors); niggle (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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