Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable)An instance of sniffing.

    She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.

    шмы́ганиеšmýganije, сопениеsopenije

  2. (countable)A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.

    sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

  3. (colloquial, countable)A brief perception, or tiny amount.

  4. (slang, uncountable)Cocaine.

  5. (countable, slang)A toddler or young child.

Examples

85 sentences
  1. Tom opened the bottle of wine and sniffed it.

  2. Bomb-sniffing dogs found some explosives at the airport.

  3. Don't sniff your food.

  4. Is that you sniffing?

  5. The dog sniffed the ground.

    ruСобака понюхала землю. — marafon

    deDer Hund schnüffelte am Boden. — Esperantostern

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
instance of sniffing:

Origin

From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin.

From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin.

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Forms

plural: sniffs
Singularsniff
Pluralsniffs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose:snuff

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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