Snivelling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of producing a snivel.

    "He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of snivel form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

More examples

"He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […]"

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