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sniffles

verbnounnouncommon in dialogue

Any minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself.

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of snifflethird-person singular simple present indicative of sniffle

noun

  1. 1

    Also a form of sniffleplural of sniffle

noun

  1. 1

    Any minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself.

    Many people have suffered from colds, the sniffles and other childhood illnesses.

    Danny has been having the sniffles and the sneezes all week.

Forms

plural
the sniffles
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Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).