Common Cold Symptoms

noun a slight sound made by inhaling through the nose, typically expressing slight distress or crying

verb to make a slight sound by inhaling through the nose, typically expressing slight distress or crying

• She let out a small sniffle as she wiped away her tears.
• I could hear her sniffle as she tried to hold back her emotions.
• Stop your sniffle and just toughen up.
• The economy took a sniffle after the new policy was implemented.

noun a slang term for mucus that is discharged from the nose

• The child wiped the snot from his nose with a tissue.
• Ew, he just wiped his snot on his sleeve.
• She blew her nose so hard, snot went flying everywhere.
• The comedian's jokes were so funny, I was laughing so hard I thought I would shoot snot out of my nose.

noun a slang term for a frozen piece of mucus or nasal discharge

• The child had a snotsicle hanging from his nose during the school assembly.
• Eww, he had a snotsicle dangling from his nostril!
• I can't believe she wiped her snotsicle on the couch.
• The icicles on the roof looked like snotsicles in the winter breeze.