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snivel verb. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. LOE.

verb intrans. Emit mucus from the nose; run from the nose. Also, draw up mucus audibly, snuffle. LOE.
R. Macaulay Wipe your nose and don't snivel.
verb trans.
a. Affect in some way by whining or snivelling; address in a snivelling manner. rare. M17.
b. Utter with a sniffing sound; shed (tears) snufflingly. Also foll. by out. L18.
verb intrans. Make a snuffling sound indicative of crying; be in, or affect, a tearful state. L17.
B. Chatwin She cried at mealtimes. She kept snivelling into a lace handkerchief.
sniveller noun L15.