Sniffed

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.

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.