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  • 51snuff — English has three words snuff, all probably going back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snuf , imitative of the sound of drawing air noisily in through the nose. Snuff ‘powdered tobacco for inhaling’ [17] was borrowed from Dutch snuf.… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 52sniff — (v.) mid 14c., of imitative origin; possibly related to snyvelen (see SNIVEL (Cf. snivel)). As a synonym for smell (v.) it dates from 1845. In reference to cocaine from 1925. Related: Sniffed; sniffing. The noun is first recorded 1767; the… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 53drivel — v 1. drool, drip saliva, slaver, slobber, slabber; sputter, splutter; snivel, sniffle. 2. babble, gibber, Sl. gibber jabber, jargon; twaddle, Brit. twattle, blather, blether, Inf. blither, drool; talk nonsense, Inf. talk through one s hat; ramble …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 54snuffle — snuf•fle [[t]ˈsnʌf əl[/t]] v. fled, fling, n. 1) phl to draw air into the nose for the purpose of smelling something; snuff 2) phl to draw the breath or mucus through the nostrils in an audible or noisy manner; sniffle; snivel 3) to speak through …

    From formal English to slang

  • 55cry — [n1] weeping and making sad sounds bawl, bawling, bewailing, blubber, blubbering, howl, howling, keening, lament, lamentation, mourning, shedding tears, snivel, snivelling, sob, sobbing, sorrowing, tears, the blues*, wailing, weep, whimpering,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 56snuff — English has three words snuff, all probably going back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snuf , imitative of the sound of drawing air noisily in through the nose. Snuff ‘powdered tobacco for inhaling’ [17] was borrowed from Dutch snuf.… …

    Word origins

  • 57Bellyache — Bel ly*ache , v. i. to complain, especially in a whining or grumbling manner; to gripe. Syn: gripe, whine, complain, moan, snivel, grumble, squawk. [PJC + WordNet 1.5] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 58Sniff — Sniff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniffed}or {Snift}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniffing}.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See {Snuff}, v. t.] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 59Sniffed — Sniff Sniff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniffed}or {Snift}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniffing}.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See {Snuff}, v. t.] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; sometimes done as a gesture of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 60Sniffing — Sniff Sniff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniffed}or {Snift}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniffing}.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See {Snuff}, v. t.] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; sometimes done as a gesture of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English