sniff
An instance of sniffingAn instance of sniffing.
» Tom opened the bottle of wine and sniffed it.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(countable)An instance of sniffing.
She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.
шмы́ганиеšmýganije, сопениеsopenije
(countable)A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
(colloquial, countable)A brief perception, or tiny amount.
(slang, uncountable)Cocaine.
(countable, slang)A toddler or young child.
Examples
85 sentencesTom opened the bottle of wine and sniffed it.
Bomb-sniffing dogs found some explosives at the airport.
Don't sniff your food.
Is that you sniffing?
The dog sniffed the ground.
ruСобака понюхала землю. — marafon
deDer Hund schnüffelte am Boden. — Esperantostern
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin.From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: sniffsSynonyms
1 synonyms- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose:snuff
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable