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sniff

[snif] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used without object)

1.	to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.

2.	to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle.

3.	to smell by short inhalations.

4.	to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as by sniffing.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to perceive by or as by smelling: to sniff a scandal.

6.	to inhale through the nose: to sniff the air.

–noun

7.	an act of sniffing; a single, short, audible inhalation.

8.	the sound made by such an act.

9.	a scent or odor perceived: a sniff of perfume.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME; back formation from snivel

]

—Related forms

sniff·ing·ly, adverb

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sniff   (snĭf) Pronunciation Key
v.   sniffed, sniff·ing, sniffs

v.   intr.

1. To inhale a short, audible breath through the nose, as in smelling something.
2. To sniffle.
To use the sense of smell, as in savoring or investigating: sniffed at the jar to see what it held.
To regard something in a contemptuous or dismissive manner: The critics sniffed at the adaptation of the novel to film.
Informal To pry; snoop: The reporters came sniffing around for more details.

v. tr.

To inhale forcibly through the nose: sniffed the cool morning air.
To smell, as in savoring or investigating: sniffed the lilacs; sniffed the breeze for traces of smoke.
To perceive or detect by or as if by sniffing: dogs that sniffed out the trail through the snow; sniffed trouble ahead.
To utter in a contemptuous or haughty manner: The countess sniffed her disapproval.

An instance or the sound of sniffing.
Something sniffed or perceived by or as if by sniffing; a whiff: a sniff of perfume; a sniff of scandal.

[Middle English sniffen, probably of Scandinavian origin.]

sniff'a·ble adj., sniff'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
sniff

c.1340, of imitative origin; possibly related to snyvelen (see snivel). As a synonym for smell (v.) it dates from 1845. In ref. to cocaine from 1925. The noun is first recorded 1767; the scornful sense is from 1859.

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sniff
noun
1.	sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
verb
1.	perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
2.	inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row"

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Sniff
A C++/C programming environment providing browsing, cross-referencing, design visualisation, documentation and editing support. Developed by UBS Switzerland and marketed by takeFive Salzburg.
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sniff
poll

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sniff

v.,n.
1. To watch IP packets traversing a local network. Most often in the phrase `packet sniffer', a program for doing same. 2.Synonym for poll.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sniff

Sniff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniffedor Snift; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniffing.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See Snuff, v. t.] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.

So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. --M. Arnold.

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Sniff

Sniff\, v. t. 1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.

2. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Sniff

Sniff\, n. The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.

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