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sniff English

Meaning sniff meaning

What does sniff mean?
Definitions in simple English

sniff Verb

— An act of breathing to find out what the smell is. The dog sniffed the floor to find for any bones.

sniff

— verb perceive by inhaling through the nose sniff the perfume — verb (= sniffle) inhale audibly through the nose the sick student was sniffling in the back row — noun sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

Synonyms sniff synonyms

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sniff English » English

smell scent sniffle whiff snort kiss inhale snuff snuffle breathe smell out inhalation wind snifter puffing nuzzle nose breath to taste suck snore snivel sniffing sneeze smell at sense olfaction nose out listen insufflation inbreathe hint hear get wind of get scent of get a whiff gasp follow a scent feel draw detect catch scent breathe in blow nose aspirate ?

Topics sniff topics

What do people use sniff to talk about?
Person Body Head

Nose
Person Body functions

Breathe, breath
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Person Sense, perceive

Smell
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Conjugation sniff conjugation

How do you conjugate sniff?

sniff · verb

Examples sniff examples

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Simple sentences

One sniff of that stuff was enough to make me sick.

Movie subtitles

If you want tea, you can have tea. with a sherry on the side, just so you can catch a sniff of it!
I say, have a sniff.
Sniff this.
And don't sniff!
Let's have a sniff.
Let 'em sniff.
The Seabees are beginning to sniff whenever they get downwind of me.
He can sniff out information like nobody I ever saw.
He decide to hunt Eliza not only with soldiers but with scientific dogs who sniff and smell and thereby discover all who run from king.
Well, feel like a sniff of air?
Sniff around like a bloodhound?
I'll have had two martini's at the Oak Bar so she needn't bother to sniff my breath.
Tell me, why did he sniff at my hand, after you introduced us?
Get a sniff of the perfume!
And little Rougin is full of trickery. They'll sniff it out if you overdo it.
I sniff battle.
I'll have had two martinis at the Oak Bar, so she needn't bother to sniff my breath.
No, sir, not a sniff.
Come, take a sniff.
But Paparanic knew how to sniff the wind.
Sniff, sniff.
Sniff, sniff, sniff!
A human ferret. He can sniff danger.
Why do you always sniff me out when I'm drunk?
They'll sniff it out if you overdo it.
Wherever you throw her, she'll sniff out the area and find a place to lie.
Let them take a sniff of him.
Can you believe it? He needs a sniff of vinegar.
How about us taking a sniff?
I remember when I was pregnant with you, I had to sniff a rubber ball.
Sniff-sniff.

News and current affairs

We don't literally raise our hackles when angry, or sniff each other's backsides when making new friends.
MUMBAI - Every day, a small Japanese jet brings another 60 businessmen from Tokyo to sniff out new commercial opportunities in Mumbai and the heart of the Indian economy.

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