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snifter

[ snif-ter ]

noun

  1. Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
  2. Informal. a very small drink of liquor.


snifter

/ ˈsnɪftə /

noun

  1. a pear-shaped glass with a short stem and a bowl that narrows towards the top so that the aroma of brandy or a liqueur is retained
  2. informal.
    a small quantity of alcoholic drink


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Word History and Origins

Origin of snifter1

1840–50; derivative of snifter to sniff, snivel, Middle English snyfter; imitative

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Word History and Origins

Origin of snifter1

C19: perhaps from dialect snifter to sniff, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish snifta (obsolete) to sniff

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Example Sentences

Strain into a chilled snifter glass, rimmed with smoked-chipotle dust.

But picking up the sail in other blows and picking it up in a Cape Horn snifter is a horse of another color.

The first of the telegrams arrived shortly after noon, and Jeeves brought it in with the before-luncheon snifter.

At sunset he quit, easy winner, and went without taking so much as a "snifter."

For the love of goodness, Fritz, give me a snifter of tanglefoot!

But he was just a snifter short on that potent and undisciplined drink.

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