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1. (v.i.) sniff
to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
2. sniff
to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle.
3. sniff
to smell by short inhalations.
4. sniff
to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as if by sniffing.
5. (v.t.) sniff
to inhale through the nose.
6. sniff
to smell by sniffing.
7. sniff
to perceive by or as if by sniffing:
to sniff a scandal.
8. (n.) sniff
an act of sniffing.
9. sniff
the sound made by such an act.
10. sniff
a barely perceptible scent or odor.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME)
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| Definition of 'sniff' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sniff, snuff
sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
2. (verb) sniff, whiff
perceive by inhaling through the nose
"sniff the perfume"
3. (verb) sniff, sniffle
inhale audibly through the nose
"the sick student was sniffling in the back row"
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1. (verb) sniff
to take air in through your nose, often in order to smell sth
Stop sniffing, or he'll know you were crying.; The deer sniffed the air, sensing danger.; He gave a loud sniff.
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| Definition of 'sniff' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sniff
the act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air
2. (verb) sniff
to draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt
3. (verb) sniff
to draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country
4. (verb) sniff
to perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger
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| Definitions of 'sniff' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. sniff
1. To watch packets traversing a network. Most often in
the phrase packet sniffer, a program
for doing same. 2. Synonym for poll.
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Sense: to draw in air through the nose with a slight noise.
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 Afrikaans: snuif |
 Arabic: يَنْشُق |
 Bulgarian: подсмърчам |
 Brazilian: fungar |
 Czech: čichat, popotahovat |
 German: schniefen |
 Danish: snuse |
 Greek: ρουφώ τη μύτη μου, ρουθου |
 Spanish: resollar |
 Estonian: ninagaõhku tõmbama |
 Farsi: بيني بالا كشيدن |
 Finnish: nuuskaista |
 French: renifler |
 Hebrew: לִמשוֹך בַּנחִירַיִים |
 Hindi: नाक से सांस खींचना, सूं-स |
 Croatian: udisati, ušmrkati |
 Hungarian: szippant |
 Indonesian: menghidu |
 Icelandic: sjúga upp í nefið |
 Italian: annusare, (tirare su col |
 Japanese: 鼻で吸う |
 Korean: 약간의 소리와 함께 코로 숨을 들이마시다 |
 Lithuanian: šnirpšti |
 Latvian: ošņāt; šņaukāt |
 Malay: menyenguk |
 Dutch: snuiven |
 Norwegian: snufse, snøfte |
 Polish: pociągać nosem |
 Persian: بيني بالا كشيدن |
 Pashto: سوغول، سوڼل: بوى كښل، بوى |
 Portuguese: fungar |
 Romanian: a adulmeca |
 Russian: шмыгать (носом) |
 Slovak: (hlasno) smrkať |
 Slovenian: vdihavati skoz nos |
 Serbian: šmrknuti |
 Swedish: vädra, sniffa |
 Thai: สูดจมูกฟุดฟิด |
 Turkish: burnunuçekmek |
 Taiwanese: 嗅，聞 |
 Ukrainian: вдихати; сопіти |
 Urdu: با آواز سانس اوپر کھینچنا |
 Vietnamese: khụt khịt |
 Chinese: 嗅，闻，（有声地）以鼻吸气 |
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