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snifters

snifters noun: synonym of sniffles or snuffles (“a minor ailment causing blocked nostrils or a runny nose; a cold”). Also the plural of snifter.

Noun

snifters pl (plural only)

  1. (Scotland, plural, plural-only) Synonym of sniffles or snuffles (“a minor ailment causing blocked nostrils or a runny nose; a cold”).
    • The only disease I can remember to have seen in winter is what is vulgarly called the snifters, that is, a discharge of matter from the nose, which causes a noise in the nose like stifled breathing.1844, Henry Stephens, The Book of the Farm, volume 2, page 260
    Synonyms:
    sniffles, snuffles
  2. (Scotland, plural, plural-only) A disease of poultry causing a nasal discharge.

Also used as

snifters is also the plural of snifter.

snifters is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of snifter.

Synonyms of snifters

Phrases with snifters

Questions about snifters

What does snifters mean?
Snifters means synonym of sniffles or snuffles (“a minor ailment causing blocked nostrils or a runny nose; a cold”).
What part of speech is snifters?
Snifters is a noun.

Words near snifters in the dictionary

  1. snifter valves
  2. sniftered
  3. snifterer
  4. snifterers
  5. sniftering
  6. snifters
  7. snifting
  8. snifting valve
  9. snifting valves
  10. snifts
  11. snig

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