sniffle

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 (usually prec. by the): This draft is giving me the sniffles.
[1625-35; SNIFF + -LE]

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