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I . swivel [ˈswɪvəl] N

II . swivel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈswɪvəl] VB trans

I . shrivel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈʃrɪvəl] VB intr

II . shrivel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈʃrɪvəl] VB trans

sniper [ˈsnaɪpər, Brit -əʳ] N

drivel [ˈdrɪvəl] N no pl

navel [ˈneɪvl] N

novel1 [ˈnɑːvl, Brit ˈnɒvl] N LIT

I . shovel [ˈʃʌvəl] N

1. shovel (tool):

f

2. shovel (machine):

II . shovel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈʃʌvəl] VB trans

knives

knives pl of:

See also knife

knife <knives> [naɪf] N

I . snigger [ˈsnɪgər, Brit -əʳ] VB intr

II . snigger [ˈsnɪgər, Brit -əʳ] N

snippet [ˈsnɪpɪt] N

I . snorkel [ˈsnɔːrkəl, Brit ˈsnɔːk-] N

II . snorkel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈsnɔːrkəl, Brit ˈsnɔːk-] VB intr

I . unravel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ʌnˈrævəl] VB trans

2. unravel mystery:

II . unravel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ʌnˈrævəl] VB intr

II . sniff [snɪf] VB trans

gavel [ˈgævl] N

I . level [ˈlevəl] ADJ

2. level (having same height):

3. level Brit, Aus (in same position):

4. level (of same amount):

II . level [ˈlevəl] ADV

III . level [ˈlevəl] N

IV . level <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈlevəl] VB trans

1. level (smoothen, flatten):

2. level (demolish completely):

revel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈrevl] VB intr

gravel [ˈgrævəl] N

grovel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈgrɑːvl, Brit ˈgrɒvl] VB intr

I . marvel [ˈmɑːrvl, Brit ˈmɑːvl] N

II . marvel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈmɑːrvl, Brit ˈmɑːvl] VB intr

I . travel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈtrævəl] VB intr

2. travel light, sound:

3. travel (be away):

4. travel inf (go fast):

II . travel <Brit: -ll-, Am: -l-> [ˈtrævəl] VB trans

III . travel [ˈtrævəl] N pl

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
I have never invited anyone to join me in my purely personal odyssey, begun before most of these sniveling upstarts were born.
thenationonlineng.net
Many parents dose their children up at the slightest sign of a snivel.
www.telegraph.co.uk
I'm not coming up here today crying, begging and sniveling for my life.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Go snivel about this while you eat your chocolate bar!
thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com
They are sniveling liars, yet they do it with such unmitigated audacity.
www.salem-news.com
Its tragic heroine is a young woman forced to marry her sickly, sniveling cousin, the son of the overbearing aunt who raised her.
www.usatoday.com
Not snivelling whiners who complain how the process isn't fair or how they need some extra consideration because their great-great grandmother was a slave.
www.dailycal.org
I didn't come to this place to snivel and be a backroom dealer.
www.smh.com.au
That might sound like snivelling jealousy to some but jealousy lurks in all of us, whether we're proud of it or not.
www.theage.com.au
It's hard to escape the winter colds when we're face to face with snivelling strangers on our daily commute.
now-here-this.timeout.com

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