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sniffling

sniffling is the present participle and gerund 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

sniffling (plural snifflings)

  1. A sniffle sound or action.
    • We heard snifflings and a cough from behind the hedge.

Forms of sniffling

pluralsnifflings

Questions about sniffling

What does sniffling mean?
Sniffling means a sniffle sound or action.
What is sniffling the present participle and gerund of?
Sniffling is the present participle and gerund of sniffle.
What part of speech is sniffling?
Sniffling is a noun.
What is the plural of sniffling?
The plural of sniffling is snifflings.

Words near sniffling in the dictionary

  1. sniffler
  2. snifflers
  3. sniffles
  4. snifflier
  5. sniffliest
  6. sniffling
  7. snifflingly
  8. snifflings
  9. sniffly
  10. sniffs
  11. sniffs around

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sniffling (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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