- sniffled
- snif·fle || 'snɪfl n. snuffle, act of inhaling through the nose with an audible snuffling sound v. make a snuffling sound through the nose, sniff repeatedly in order to clear fluids from the nose
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sniffle — sniffler, n. /snif euhl/, v., sniffled, sniffling, n. v.i. 1. to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears: She sniffled woefully. n. 2. an act or sound of sniffling. 3. sniffles, a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling… … Universalium
sniffle — I UK [ˈsnɪf(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms sniffle : present tense I/you/we/they sniffle he/she/it sniffles present participle sniffling past tense sniffled past participle sniffled to keep breathing in noisily through your nose, for… … English dictionary
sniffle — I. intransitive verb (sniffled; sniffling) Etymology: frequentative of sniff Date: 1632 1. to sniff repeatedly ; snuffle 2. to speak with or as if with sniffling • sniffler noun II … New Collegiate Dictionary
tearstained — adjective Stained with tears. She sniffled and wiped her nose on her already tearstained blouse … Wiktionary
sniffle — 1. verb To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing because of a runny nose. Sonia sniffled a little, and her eyes were puffy and wet. 2. noun The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or … Wiktionary
sniffle — (v.) 1819, frequentative form of SNIFF (Cf. sniff). Related: Sniffled; sniffling. The sniffles runny nose, head cold is recorded from 1825 … Etymology dictionary
sniffle — [[t]snɪ̱f(ə)l[/t]] sniffles, sniffling, sniffled 1) VERB If you sniffle, you keep sniffing, usually because you are crying or have a cold. Please don t yell at me. She began to sniffle. Syn: snuffle 2) N COUNT: also the N in pl A sniffle is a… … English dictionary
sniffle — /ˈsnɪfəl / (say snifuhl) verb (i) (sniffled, sniffling) 1. to sniff repeatedly, as from a cold in the head or in repressing tearful emotion. –noun 2. an act or sound of sniffling. 3. the sniffles, a cold, or other condition marked by sniffling.… …
sniffle — [snif′əl] vi. sniffled, sniffling to sniff repeatedly, as in checking mucus running from the nose n. an act or sound of sniffling the sniffles Informal 1. a head cold 2. the sniffling that accompanies a crying spell sniffler n … English World dictionary
RESPONSES — the victims the world THE VICTIMS Behavior of the Victims In a chapter entitled Auschwitz: The Death of Choice in Versions of Survival: The Holocaust and the Human Spirit, the Holocaust scholar lawrence langer writes: After we peel the veneer of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
