WikiWord

English

sniffles

noun

Meaning

  1. The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.
  2. To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing, because of a runny nose.
  3. To utter with a whimpering or sniffing sound.
  4. (the sniffles) The symptom of a runny or congested nose accompanying a cold.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
sniffles — meaning and etymology | WikiWord