Definitions for sniffing
sniff·ing

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1. sniffing(Noun)

   A sniff sound or action.

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1. Sniffing

   of Sniff

2. Sniffing(noun)

   a rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sniffing in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sniffing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sniffing in a Sentence

1. Ben Hottel:

   Rodents are experts at sniffing out food and shelter, and they're resilient in their ways to obtain both, residential properties offer the ideal habitat for rodents, and once they've settled in, they're capable of reproducing rapidly and in large quantities.

2. Allen Ginsberg:

   Nobody saves America by sniffing cocaine, jiggling your knees blankly in the rain, when it snows in your nose you catch cold in your brain.

3. Christopher Willingham:

   Through all of her treatment, and despite the pain she was in, her temperament never changed. - Cpl. Juan Rodriguez There were no human casualties during Lucca’s bomb-sniffing patrols. Her career ended in March 2012 when she lost her leg and suffered chest burns from a bombing in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. Cpl. Juan Rodriguez, who was her handler at the time, stayed by her side throughout each step of Lucca’s recovery. The explosion was huge and I immediately feared the worst for Lucca, i ran to her and saw her struggling to get up. I picked her up and ran to the shelter of a nearby tree line, applied a tourniquet to her injured leg and called the medics to collect us.

4. Jan Tytgat:

   It's definitely possible, and then such a device can be used as a sniffing dog, an instrumental sniffing dog.

5. John Manley:

   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.

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