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- Dictionarysniff/snɪf/
verb
- 1. draw up air audibly through the nose to detect a smell, to stop it running, or to express contempt: "his dog sniffed at my trousers" Similar
noun
- 1. an act or sound of sniffing: "he gave a sniff of disapproval" Similar
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to smell something by taking air in through your nose: He sniffed his socks to see if they needed washing. Dogs love sniffing each other. She sniffed at her glass of wine before tasting it. Dogs are sometimes used at airports to sniff out (= find by smelling) drugs in people's luggage.
The meaning of SNIFF is to inhale through the nose especially for smelling. How to use sniff in a sentence.
verb (used without object) to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations. to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle. to smell by short inhalations. to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as by sniffing. verb (used with object) to perceive by or as by smelling: to sniff a scandal. to inhale through the nose: to sniff the air. noun.
When you sniff, you breathe in air through your nose hard enough to make a sound, for example when you are trying not to cry, or in order to show disapproval. She wiped her face and sniffed loudly. [ VERB ]
A sniff is when you take air in through your nose to smell something. Dogs sniff a lot. It's how they get to know the world. Imagine this when you see the figurative use for sniff meaning to snoop as in, "The detective was sniffing around for clues."
sniff. (snĭf) v. sniffed, sniff·ing, sniffs. v.intr. 1. a. To inhale a short, audible breath through the nose, as in smelling something. b. To sniffle. 2. To use the sense of smell, as in savoring or investigating: sniffed at the jar to see what it held. 3.
[transitive, intransitive] + speech | sniff (something) to say something in a way that shows that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied or that you do not approve of somebody/something ‘It's hardly what I'd call elegant,’ she sniffed.
