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sniveling


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Snivel  \Sniv"el\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sniveled}or  {Snivelled}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Sniveling}  or  {Snivelling}.]  [OE.  snivelen, 
  snevelen  snuvelen  freg.  of  sneven.  See  {Sniff},  and  cf 
  {Snuffle}.] 
  1.  To  run  at  the  nose;  to  make  a  snuffling  noise. 
 
  2.  To  cry  or  whine  with  snuffling,  as  children;  to  cry  weakly 
  or  whiningly. 
 
  Put  stop  to  thy  sniveling  ditty.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sniveling 
  n  :  whining  in  a  tearful  manner  [syn:  {snivel}] 




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