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What does the word 'sniff' mean?
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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.
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 definition: to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.. See examples of SNIFF used in a sentence.
1. to inhale through the nose, usually in short rapid audible inspirations, as for the purpose of identifying a scent, for clearing a congested nasal passage, or for taking a drug or intoxicating fumes. 2.(whenintr, often foll by at) to perceive or attempt to perceive (a smell) by inhaling through the nose. noun.
SNIFF definition: 1. to breathe air in through your nose in a way that makes a noise: 2. to breathe air in through…. Learn more.
Noun. Idiom. Filter. verb. sniffed, sniffing, sniffs. To draw in air through the nose with enough force to be heard, as in clearing the nose, smelling something, or expressing contempt or skepticism. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To sniffle.
