When you have a cold or allergies or something like that, do you sniff, or sniffle, like would you say "I'm sniffing" or would you say "I'm sniffling"?
sniff /snɪf/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[snif] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation -verb (used without object) 1. to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations. 2. to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle. 3. to smell by short inhalations. 4. to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as by sniffing. -verb (used with object) 5. to perceive by or as by smelling: to sniff a scandal. 6. to inhale through the nose: to sniff the air. -noun 7. an act of sniffing; a single, short, audible inhalation. 8. the sound made by such an act. 9. a scent or odor perceived: a sniff of perfume.
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-verb (used without object)
1. to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
2. to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle.
3. to smell by short inhalations.
4. to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as by sniffing.
-verb (used with object)
5. to perceive by or as by smelling: to sniff a scandal.
6. to inhale through the nose: to sniff the air.
-noun
7. an act of sniffing; a single, short, audible inhalation.
8. the sound made by such an act.
9. a scent or odor perceived: a sniff of perfume.
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i said
you can sniffle
or have
sniffles
but your are not
sniffling
you are sniffing
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