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sniff·ing
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Wiktionary
sniffingnoun
A sniff sound or action.
Webster Dictionary
Sniffing
of Sniff
Sniffingnoun
a rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sniffing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sniffing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of sniffing in a Sentence
I wasn't getting the strong effects of OxyContin anymore, and I was already sniffing something else, so it didn't seem like a leap, it didn't seem like the heroin I grew up knowing about.
It's definitely possible, and then such a device can be used as a sniffing dog, an instrumental sniffing dog.
The market is sniffing out a bottom in the underlying commodity and we are seeing a bounce in energy stocks from having been oversold in the last month or so, it's in no one's interest for oil to go any lower; not in ours, or OPEC's.
One of my dogs went under the fence to sniff his dogs, my dog’s tail was wagging. He was just sniffing his dog and the guy, like night and day, flipped out.
My dog’s tail was wagging. He was just sniffing his dog and the guy, like night and day, flipped out.
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