Meanings
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of sniffle
- pluralplural of sniffle
- colloquialpluralplural onlyAny minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself.
Danny has been having the sniffles and the sneezes all week.
2 more examples
Many people have suffered from colds, the sniffles and other childhood illnesses.
Blurmp: Ughhh, Catwad, what's wrong with me? Catwad: You caught a cold. It's no big deal. You have the sniffles. It's caused by a little virus. Blurmp: A virus? Where exactly IS this little virus? Catwad: It's inside you. Blurmp: INSIDE ME? LIKE I'M A MOMMY? I think I'll call her "Sniffleen". Catwad: No. It's not like that. It's not like that AT ALL. Blurmp: I promise you, Sniffleen, that I will be the best mommy in the world to you... Catwad: Blurmp, It's a cold, you're not a mommy. Blurmp: DON'T YOU DARE TALK BACK TO A MOMMY!!
2019, Jim Benton, Catwad: It's Me., pages 79-81Synonyms: the snifters
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself.
Translations
Finnish nuha
- nuhasymptoms of a cold
Russian со́пли
- со́пли (sópli)symptoms of a cold
Spanish moqueo
- moqueosymptoms of a cold
Swedish snuva
- snuvasymptoms of a cold
Tagalog sikamod
- sikamodsymptoms of a cold
Cite this entry
sniffles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sniffles
“sniffles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sniffles. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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