<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to weep or cry with sniffling.</li><li>to affect a tearful state; whine.</li><li>to run at the nose; have a runny nose: She sniveled from the cold.</li><li>to draw up mucus audibly through the nose: Stop sniveling and use your handkerchief.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>weak, whining, or pretended weeping.</li><li>a light sniffle, as in weeping.</li><li>a hypocritical show of feeling: a sentimental snivel.</li><li>mucus running from the nose.</li><li>(the) snivels, a sniveling condition; a slight cold; the sniffles.</li></ul>