Usually means: Minor nasal congestion and runny.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word sniffles:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. sniffles, the sniffles: Merriam-Webster
  2. sniffles, the sniffles: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sniffles: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sniffles, sniffles: Wordnik
  5. sniffles, the sniffles: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sniffles: Wiktionary
  7. sniffles: Dictionary.com
  8. sniffles: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Sniffles: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. sniffles: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sniffles: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sniffles: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sniffles)

▸ noun:  (colloquial, plural only) Any minor ailment causing a runny nose; the symptom of a runny nose itself.

Similar:
snuffle, snivel, sniff, blubber, snifter, sneezle, snuff, snough, snootful, snot, more...

Opposite:
no sniffles, no runny nose, no congestion

Phrases:
the sniffles, more...

Adjectives:
few, little, more, occasional, soft, spiritless, loud, chronic, muffled, own, lady



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Similar:
snuffle, snivel, sniff, blubber, snifter, sneezle, snuff, snough, snootful, snot, more...

Opposite:
no sniffles, no runny nose, no congestion

Phrases:
the sniffles, more...

Adjectives:
few, little, more, occasional, soft, spiritless, loud, chronic, muffled, own, lady



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