sniffle

UK: /ˈsnɪf^əl/ US: /ˈsnɪfəl/ ,(snif′əl)

Inflections of 'sniffle' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

sniffles

v 3rd person singular

sniffling

v pres p

sniffled

v past

sniffled

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

snif•fle /ˈsnɪfəl/   v., -fled, -fling, n. 
v. [no object]

1. Physiology to sniff again and again, as from a head cold:
   She couldn't stop sniffling because she was allergic to the cats in the room.

n. [countable]

2. Physiology an act or sound of sniffling.
3. Pathology the sniffles, [plural] a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling:
   I had the sniffles all day at work.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

snif•fle  (snif′əl), v., -fled, -fling, n. 
v.i. 

1. Physiology to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears:
   She sniffled woefully.

n. 

2. Physiology an act or sound of sniffling.
3. Pathology sniffles, a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling (usually prec. by the):
   This draft is giving me the sniffles.

• sniff + -le 1625–35

snif′fler, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

sniffle / ˈsnɪf^əl/ verb

1. (intransitive) to breathe audibly through the nose, as when the nasal passages are congested

noun

1. the act, sound, or an instance of sniffling

ˈsniffler noun

ˈsniffly adjective