—v.intr. (snivelled, snivelling; US sniveled, sniveling)
1 weep with sniffling.
2 run at the nose; make a repeated sniffing sound.
3 show weak or tearful sentiment.
—n.
1 running mucus.
2 hypocritical talk; cant.
Derivatives:
sniveller n. snivelling adj. snivellingly adv.
Etymology: ME f. OE snyflan (unrecorded) f. snofl mucus: cf. SNUFFLE
Useful english dictionary. 2012.