verb · transitive · rare

snivel

snivel · snivels · sniveled / snivelled · sniveling

сопеть, шмыгать

tief einatmen, schniefen

To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucusTo breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus.

/ˈsnɪvəl/

» Stop sniveling, Tom.

Хватит ныть, Том.

Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To breathe heavily through the nose while it is congested with nasal mucus.
1794, Erasmus Darwin, Zoonomia, London: J. Johnson, Volume 1, Section 16, Subsection 2, p. 149, […] in severe frosty weather, snivelling and tears are produced by the coldness and dryness of the air.
tief einatmen, schniefen
сопе́тьsopétʹ, шмы́гатьšmýgatʹ
snuff up mucus through the nose
(derogatory, intransitive)To cry while sniffling; to whine or complain while crying.
schniefen, schluchzen, flennen
нытьnytʹ, хны́катьxnýkatʹ
cry or whine with snuffling
(derogatory, transitive)To say (something) while sniffling or crying.

Examples

2 sentences

Stop sniveling, Tom.
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I assure you this house with no other occupant but that sniveling woman is a miserable place.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

to breathe heavily through the nose:

to whine or complain, whilst crying:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to breathe heavily through the nose:

to whine or complain, whilst crying:

Origin

From Middle English snivelen, snevelen, snyvelen, snuvelen, from Old English *snyflan (att

From Middle English snivelen, snevelen, snyvelen, snuvelen, from Old English *snyflan (attested in the verbal noun snyflung (“mucus”)), from Proto-West Germanic *snuflijan, related to Old English snofl (“mucus”), ultimately from the root of snout. Akin to sniff, snuff. Compare sniffle.

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