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sniffle1 verbsniffle2 noun snifflesnif‧fle1 /ˈsnɪfəl/ verb [intransitive] spoken sniffle1Origin: 1600-1700 sniff VERB TABLEsniffle |
Present | I, you, we, they | sniffle | | he, she, it | sniffles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sniffled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sniffled | | he, she, it | has sniffled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sniffled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sniffle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sniffled |
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Present | I | am sniffling | | he, she, it | is sniffling | | you, we, they | are sniffling | Past | I, he, she, it | was sniffling | | you, we, they | were sniffling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sniffling | | he, she, it | has been sniffling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sniffling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sniffling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sniffling |
- She'd sniffle and nestle closer and even with the peculiar haircut I'd know she wasn't any boy.
to cry► cry if you cry , tears come from your eyes, for example because you are sad or upset, or because you have hurt yourself: · I could hear the baby crying in the next room.· Kim's eyes were red and she looked as though she'd been crying.· Don't cry, I didn't mean to upset you.cry about: · Jenny won't tell me what she's crying about.make somebody cry: · The film was so sad, it made me cry.cry and cry (=cry for a long time): · I sat alone in my room and cried and cried.cry your eyes out (=cry a lot because you are very upset): · The poor kid's so miserable, he's upstairs crying his eyes out.cry with happiness/joy/relief etc: · She cried with joy when she heard that the children were safe.cry yourself to sleep (=cry until you fall asleep): · At night I'd cry myself to sleep, thinking about you. ► weep especially written to cry quietly and for a long time because you are very sad or you feel a strong emotion: · She sat beside her dying father and wept.weep openly (=without trying to stop or hide it): · Thousands of French citizens, many weeping openly, bade a silent farewell to Mitterand.weep with emotion/grief/joy etc: · I remember weeping with pride when my first son was born.weep bitterly (=cry strongly): · His mother wept bitterly and his father sat grim-faced. ► sob if you sob , you cry noisily and your body shakes, because you are very sad or because someone has upset you: · The sound of her sobbing kept them awake all night.· "Please don't leave me," he sobbed.· The child covered her face with her hands and started to sob uncontrollably. ► bawl to cry loudly - use this especially about young children or people you do not have any sympathy for: · "Stop, bawling," Dad said crossly, "and come over here."· The baby was sitting in his high chair, red in the face and bawling. ► snivel/sniffle to cry in a weak, complaining way and at the same time breathe in air noisily through your nose: · "What are you snivelling about, Jake?'· She kept sniffling into her handkerchief and saying how unfair everything was. ► whimper to make a quiet, continuous, unhappy sound like an animal in pain, or to say something with this sound in your voice: · 'I'm sorry,' she whimpered, but Richard wasn't listening.whimper with: · Pat whimpered with the pain of the bullet wound in his shoulder. ► be in tears crying because someone has upset you, or because something is very sad: · Everyone started to laugh and Frank ran out of the room in tears.· Most of us were in tears by the time he'd finished his story. ► your eyes water if your eyes water , you have tears in your eyes, usually because of something such as wind or smoke going into them: · Jo's eyes were watering from the smoke that filled the room.make your eyes water: · An icy wind blew into my face, making my eyes water. ► tears drops of water that come from your eyes when you are crying - this is often used to represent the idea of crying: · Grandpa wiped the tears from his eyes.have tears in your eyes/with tears in your eyes (=be nearly crying): · Yusuf had tears in his eyes, and I knew he was thinking of home.· She turned to me with tears in her eyes and begged me to help her.tears roll/run down somebody's cheeks (=someone cries a lot): · He stood silently, tears rolling down his cheeks, while the music played.· Mum showed us the letter with tears running down her cheeks.be close to tears (=almost crying): · Howell was close to tears as he told the court what had happened.· to keep sniffing in order to stop liquid from running out of your nose, especially when you are crying or you have a cold: For goodness’ sake, stop sniffling!sniffle1 verbsniffle2 noun snifflesniffle2 noun - A few Fridays ago I had a bit of a sniffle on Friday morning.
- Finally, he sat, silent and quivering, bursting out with only an occasional, suppressed sniffle.
- His blubbering died to a sniffle, which he trimmed with his sleeve.
- It was because, apart from sniffles, she was a blonde bombshell with a large bosom.
- Maybe you've got a cold, but everyone's got the sniffles just now.
- She had gone to school in the morning with a slight cough and a sniffle.
- There I was congratulating myself on surviving the winter without so much as a sniffle, when I was suddenly struck down without warning.
have the sniffles spoken if you have the sniffles, you keep sniffing, especially because you have a cold |