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sniffled

sniffled is the simple past and past participle of sniffle.

Meaning of sniffle

Verb

sniffle (third-person singular simple present sniffles, present participle sniffling, simple past and past participle sniffled)

  1. (intransitive) To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing, because of a runny nose.
    • Her dad heard her sniffling and passed her a handkerchief.
  2. (transitive) To utter with a whimpering or sniffing sound.
    • He sniffled a pathetic apology.

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Questions about sniffled

What is sniffled the simple past and past participle of?
Sniffled is the simple past and past participle of sniffle.

Words near sniffled in the dictionary

  1. sniffings
  2. sniffish
  3. sniffishly
  4. sniffishness
  5. sniffle
  6. sniffled
  7. sniffler
  8. snifflers
  9. sniffles
  10. snifflier
  11. sniffliest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sniffled (page history and authors); sniffle (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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