sniff /snif/

1. To draw in with the breath through the nose
2. To smell
3. To suspect or detect by smell or as if by smell

1. To draw in air sharply and audibly through the nose
2. To draw up mucus or tears escaping into the nose
3. To smell tentatively
4. To express disapprobation with reticence by a slight sound in the nose
5. To snuffle
6. To inhale a dangerous or addictive substance (eg glue or cocaine)

1. An act or a sound of sniffing
2. A smell
3. A small quantity inhaled by the nose
4. A slight intimation or suspicion (figurative)

sniffˈer noun

1. A person or thing that sniffs
2. A program or tool used to monitor traffic and capture data on a network (computing)

(of a dog, apparatus, etc) trained, designed, etc to seek out or locate (esp illicit or dangerous substances) by smell

sniffˈily adverb

sniffˈiness noun

sniffˈing noun and adjective

sniffˈingly adverb

sniffˈle intransitive verb

To snuffle slightly, to sniff

1. An act of sniffling
2. The sound made by sniffling
3. (often in pl with the) a slight cold
4. (often in pl with the) liquid mucus running out of or blocking the nose

sniffˈler noun

1. Someone who sniffles
2. A slight breeze

sniffˈly adjective

Having a slight cold

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