v. & n.
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. sniveller n. snivelling adj. snivellingly adv.
[ ME f. OE snyflan (unrecorded) f. snofl mucus: cf. SNUFFLE ]