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Snivel   Listen
verb
Snivel  v. i.  (past & past part. sniveled or snivelled; pres. part. sniveling or snivelling)  
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."






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"Snivel" Quotes from Famous Books



... which the ethical would not let sleep—came into being. But to the politicians of the old type, the men of "inflooence" and "pull," the project seemed silly. They ridiculed it, and they expected to make it ridiculous in the eyes of the American people, by calling it "Snivel" Service Reform. Zealots, however, cannot be silenced by mockery. The contention that fitness should have something to do in the choice of public servants was effectively confirmed by the scientific ...
— Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography, • William Roscoe Thayer



Words linked to "Snivel" :   sniveling, external respiration, verbalize, weep, ventilation, utter, speak, mouth, breathe in, yawp, weeping, respiration, yammer, sniffle, inspire, sniveller, blub, whine, inhale, verbalise, talk, blubber



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