sniffern.

Etymology: sniff v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsniffer.

a. One who sniffs (literal and figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person > by sniffing

snuffer1592

sniffer1864

the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun] > through nose > person

snivelard1398

snivellerc1450

snifterer1855

sniffer1864

sniffler1887

1864 Realm 1 June 8 Sniffer and snorter.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Jan. 3/1 Those who are deaf and those who are sniffers.

b. spec. One who sniffs a drug or toxic substance. Cf. glue-sniffer n. at glue n. Compounds 2 originally U.S. slang.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > by sniffing

sniffer1920

huffer1969

1920 E. S. Bishop Narcotic Drug Problem iii. 23 The heroin ‘sniffer’ of idle and curious adolescence.

1928 Amer. Mercury Aug. 485/2 The Baron was..a ‘sniffer’ himself.

1942 J. Henry Henry's Famous Cases iv. 40 Cocaine addicts are known as ‘sniffers’.

1968 Guardian 22 Mar. 11/1 Doreen was also a ‘sniffer’. This is the name given to people who inhale a mixture of ether and methylated spirits and become ‘blocked’.

1981 Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 3/1 A glue sniffer is under the influence of a drug for the purposes of the 1972 Road Traffic Act, magistrates decided yesterday when a self-confessed ‘sniffer’ denied being unfit to drive through drink or drugs while in charge of a motorcycle.

2. slang. The nose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun]

noseeOE

naseeOE

nebeOE

billa1000

nesec1175

grunyie?a1513

gnomon1582

nib1585

proboscis1631

handle to (also of, on) one's face1675

snot-gall1685

nozzle1689

bowsprit1690

smeller1699

snitch1699

trunk1699

vessel1813

index1817

conk1819

sneezer1820

scent box1826

snorter1829

snuff-box1829

bugle1847

beak1854

nasal1854

sniffer1858

boko1859

snoot1861

snorer1891

horn1893

spectacles-seat1895

razzo1899

beezer1915

schnozzle1926

schnozzola1929

schnozz1930

snozzle1930

honker1942

hooter1958

1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold ii. xii. 189 After some sparring, Jack threw out his ‘pile-drivers’ and caught Ned on the ‘sniffer’, but the nose didn't suffer much.

1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers ii. 34 They'll..look down their sniffers at you.

a. Any device for detecting gas, radiation, etc. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun]

detector1894

sniffer1945

1945 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 10 Oct. 2/5 The hydrogen content in copper wire annealing furnaces..is now continuously indicated by a new sensitive apparatus called a sniffer nose.

1946 Sun (Baltimore) 21 June 10/3 Louis E. De La Fleur..demonstrated a small hand-borne radio fixer, known as a ‘sniffer’. He said that it was so accurate that he had been able..to locate an outlaw transmitter in a New York apartment house where hundreds of legal radios and electrical devices were putting out potential inteference.

1950 Listener 5 Jan. 12/1 These tiny Geiger counters first came to public attention last spring in New York... Uranium can turn up anywhere so there is no reason why, if you had a ‘sniffer’, as they are called, you should not start prospecting here in Great Britain.

1968 Guardian 5 Sept. 2/7 Perch a radar sensor on the tail..: insert a diesel fume ‘sniffer’.

1972 ‘J. Lange’ Binary 170 The sniffer..had been developed for use in Vietnam and had been adapted for customs operations... If the sniffer said plastic explosive was behind the door, he had to believe it.

1979 F. Pohl Jem iii. 26 The car was..an indispensable necessity in what he did for the agency; twice a day, other employees of the agency went over it with electronic sniffers and radio probes to make sure it had been neither bombed nor bugged.

b. Usually sniffer dog. A dog trained to detect specific odours, esp. those of drugs or explosives. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > miscellaneous types of

dancer1576

truffle dog1760

truffler1783

truffle hound1796

pack dog1844

war-dog1852

dog soldier1869

guide dog1932

sniffer dog1964

emotional support dog1993

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > detection > one who detects > dog

sniffer dog1964

1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 62/3 Sniffer, police dog.

1975 A. Beevor Violent Brink iii. 66 We are using..sniffer dogs at ports and airports so as to increase our chances of catching the explosive coming in.

1977 Air Mail Spring 7/1 In the first two months ‘sniffer’ dogs and handlers trained by the RAF Police Dog Training Flight had helped British Customs and Excise officers detect £125,000 worth of smuggled drugs.

1979 Daily Tel. 17 Apr. 1/6 Forty-five ‘sniffer’ dogs were flown into Yugoslavia from Switzerland and set to work to smell out casualties from debris in towns around Kotor Bay.

1982 Times 3 Sept. 10/5 Sniffer-dogs for drugs.

Draft additions December 2004

Computing. Also with capital initial. A proprietary name for: a program or device for monitoring network traffic, sometimes used improperly to obtain restricted information such as passwords or e-mails (cf. packet sniffer n. at packet n. and adj. Compounds 2). More fully sniffer program.

ΘΚΠ

society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > system or utility programmes > other

rollback1954

loader1959

package1964

scheduler1966

post-processor1967

shell1974

disc emulator1977

profiler1977

spooler1979

updater1980

sniffer1986

vaccine1986

antivirus1988

1986 InfoWorld (Nexis) 28 July 15 The Sniffer..is a protocol analyzer for developers of network hardware, operating systems, and application software.

1994 Sunday Times 6 Feb. 15 The hackers have developed sophisticated programs called ‘sniffers’ which discover passwords, unlock mail messages and can glean critical credit card details that make fraud almost impossible to detect.

1995 Seattle Times 16 July c3/4 He ran a ‘sniffer’ program that recorded users' keystrokes, allowing him to capture, among other things, the login and password of an Eskimo North user.

2003 UnWired May 27/2 If you're wary of whipping out your precious laptop in strange places, carry iDetect's WFS-2 Wi-Fi Sniffer, a credit-card-sized pocket device with LEDs that light up in the presence of a network.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	sniffer
释义	sniffern. Etymology: sniff v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsniffer. 1. a. One who sniffs (literal and figurative). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous person > by sniffing snuffer1592 sniffer1864 the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun] > through nose > person snivelard1398 snivellerc1450 snifterer1855 sniffer1864 sniffler1887 1864 Realm 1 June 8 Sniffer and snorter. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 Jan. 3/1 Those who are deaf and those who are sniffers. b. spec. One who sniffs a drug or toxic substance. Cf. glue-sniffer n. at glue n. Compounds 2 originally U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [noun] > drug-user > by sniffing sniffer1920 huffer1969 1920 E. S. Bishop Narcotic Drug Problem iii. 23 The heroin ‘sniffer’ of idle and curious adolescence. 1928 Amer. Mercury Aug. 485/2 The Baron was..a ‘sniffer’ himself. 1942 J. Henry Henry's Famous Cases iv. 40 Cocaine addicts are known as ‘sniffers’. 1968 Guardian 22 Mar. 11/1 Doreen was also a ‘sniffer’. This is the name given to people who inhale a mixture of ether and methylated spirits and become ‘blocked’. 1981 Daily Tel. 24 Apr. 3/1 A glue sniffer is under the influence of a drug for the purposes of the 1972 Road Traffic Act, magistrates decided yesterday when a self-confessed ‘sniffer’ denied being unfit to drive through drink or drugs while in charge of a motorcycle. 2. slang. The nose. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] noseeOE naseeOE nebeOE billa1000 nesec1175 grunyie?a1513 gnomon1582 nib1585 proboscis1631 handle to (also of, on) one's face1675 snot-gall1685 nozzle1689 bowsprit1690 smeller1699 snitch1699 trunk1699 vessel1813 index1817 conk1819 sneezer1820 scent box1826 snorter1829 snuff-box1829 bugle1847 beak1854 nasal1854 sniffer1858 boko1859 snoot1861 snorer1891 horn1893 spectacles-seat1895 razzo1899 beezer1915 schnozzle1926 schnozzola1929 schnozz1930 snozzle1930 honker1942 hooter1958 1858 A. Mayhew Paved with Gold ii. xii. 189 After some sparring, Jack threw out his ‘pile-drivers’ and caught Ned on the ‘sniffer’, but the nose didn't suffer much. 1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers ii. 34 They'll..look down their sniffers at you. 3. a. Any device for detecting gas, radiation, etc. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > [noun] detector1894 sniffer1945 1945 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 10 Oct. 2/5 The hydrogen content in copper wire annealing furnaces..is now continuously indicated by a new sensitive apparatus called a sniffer nose. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 21 June 10/3 Louis E. De La Fleur..demonstrated a small hand-borne radio fixer, known as a ‘sniffer’. He said that it was so accurate that he had been able..to locate an outlaw transmitter in a New York apartment house where hundreds of legal radios and electrical devices were putting out potential inteference. 1950 Listener 5 Jan. 12/1 These tiny Geiger counters first came to public attention last spring in New York... Uranium can turn up anywhere so there is no reason why, if you had a ‘sniffer’, as they are called, you should not start prospecting here in Great Britain. 1968 Guardian 5 Sept. 2/7 Perch a radar sensor on the tail..: insert a diesel fume ‘sniffer’. 1972 ‘J. Lange’ Binary 170 The sniffer..had been developed for use in Vietnam and had been adapted for customs operations... If the sniffer said plastic explosive was behind the door, he had to believe it. 1979 F. Pohl Jem iii. 26 The car was..an indispensable necessity in what he did for the agency; twice a day, other employees of the agency went over it with electronic sniffers and radio probes to make sure it had been neither bombed nor bugged. b. Usually sniffer dog. A dog trained to detect specific odours, esp. those of drugs or explosives. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dogs used for specific purposes > [noun] > miscellaneous types of dancer1576 truffle dog1760 truffler1783 truffle hound1796 pack dog1844 war-dog1852 dog soldier1869 guide dog1932 sniffer dog1964 emotional support dog1993 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > [noun] > detection > one who detects > dog sniffer dog1964 1964 N.Y. Times Mag. 23 Aug. 62/3 Sniffer, police dog. 1975 A. Beevor Violent Brink iii. 66 We are using..sniffer dogs at ports and airports so as to increase our chances of catching the explosive coming in. 1977 Air Mail Spring 7/1 In the first two months ‘sniffer’ dogs and handlers trained by the RAF Police Dog Training Flight had helped British Customs and Excise officers detect £125,000 worth of smuggled drugs. 1979 Daily Tel. 17 Apr. 1/6 Forty-five ‘sniffer’ dogs were flown into Yugoslavia from Switzerland and set to work to smell out casualties from debris in towns around Kotor Bay. 1982 Times 3 Sept. 10/5 Sniffer-dogs for drugs. Draft additions December 2004 Computing. Also with capital initial. A proprietary name for: a program or device for monitoring network traffic, sometimes used improperly to obtain restricted information such as passwords or e-mails (cf. packet sniffer n. at packet n. and adj. Compounds 2). More fully sniffer program. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > software > [noun] > system or utility programmes > other rollback1954 loader1959 package1964 scheduler1966 post-processor1967 shell1974 disc emulator1977 profiler1977 spooler1979 updater1980 sniffer1986 vaccine1986 antivirus1988 1986 InfoWorld (Nexis) 28 July 15 The Sniffer..is a protocol analyzer for developers of network hardware, operating systems, and application software. 1994 Sunday Times 6 Feb. 15 The hackers have developed sophisticated programs called ‘sniffers’ which discover passwords, unlock mail messages and can glean critical credit card details that make fraud almost impossible to detect. 1995 Seattle Times 16 July c3/4 He ran a ‘sniffer’ program that recorded users' keystrokes, allowing him to capture, among other things, the login and password of an Eskimo North user. 2003 UnWired May 27/2 If you're wary of whipping out your precious laptop in strange places, carry iDetect's WFS-2 Wi-Fi Sniffer, a credit-card-sized pocket device with LEDs that light up in the presence of a network. 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