Meaning

3 senses
  1. One who sniffs.

    a person who sniffs

  2. (informal)The nose.

  3. A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Sniffer dogs can detect and identify people infected with the coronavirus with surprising accuracy.

  2. Music festival goers were met at the entrance by police sniffer dogs, resulting in over one hundred arrests for drug possession.

    deBesucher des Musikfestivals trafen am Eingang auf Spürhunde der Polizei, mit dem Ergebnis, dass über einhundert Menschen wegen Besitzes von Drogen festgenommen wurden. — pne

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: sniffers
Singularsniffer
Pluralsniffers

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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