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sniffles

sniffles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sniffle.

sniffles is the plural 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.

See all 3 meanings of sniffle

Noun

the sniffles pl (plural only)

  1. (colloquial, plural, plural-only) Any minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself.
    • Many people have suffered from colds, the sniffles and other childhood illnesses.
    • Danny has been having the sniffles and the sneezes all week.
    Synonyms:
    the snifters

Synonyms of sniffles

  • the snifters

Questions about sniffles

What does sniffles mean?
Sniffles means any minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself.
What is sniffles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sniffles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sniffle.
What part of speech is sniffles?
Sniffles is a noun.

Words near sniffles in the dictionary

  1. sniffishness
  2. sniffle
  3. sniffled
  4. sniffler
  5. snifflers
  6. sniffles
  7. snifflier
  8. sniffliest
  9. sniffling
  10. snifflingly
  11. snifflings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sniffles (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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