sniff
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
sniff (sniffs, present participle sniffing; past and past participle sniffed)
- (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
- The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.
- I sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off.
- To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
- "He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him.
- (transitive) To perceive vaguely
- I can sniff trouble coming from the basement.
- To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
- This opportunity is not to be sniffed at.
- (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
- (slang, UK) To inhale drugs in powder form (usually cocaine) through the nose.
- French: renifler
- German: schnüffeln, züngeln (for reptiles)
- Italian: annusare, fiutare
- Portuguese: farejar
- Russian: шмы́гать
- Spanish: olfatear
- Italian: odorare, snasare
- Russian: чу́ять
- Russian: фы́ркать
sniff
- (countable) An instance of sniffing.
- She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.
- (countable) A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose
- (countable, colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.
- (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
- Portuguese: farejada
- Russian: шмы́гание
- A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.
- 2009, Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book, page 28
- a wild boar is laughing and Obelix is crying
- Wild boar classified a protected species
- First reaction from dismayed costumers:
- “Boohoohoo! Sniff!”
- 2009, Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book, page 28
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