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Definition of Sniff

Sniff

  1. To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
  2. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
  3. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
  4. The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.

Sniff Quotations

I do like a little romance... just a sniff, as I call it, of the rocks and valleys. Of course, bread-and-cheese is the real thing. The rocks and valleys are no good at all, if you haven't got that.
Anthony Trollope

When actors first come up, you're auditioning for everything - you're trying to sniff it out like a pig with a truffle and you would do anything!
Bryan Cranston

A nose that can see is worth two that sniff.
Eugene Ionesco

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.
Loren Eiseley

I want them to listen to me for what I am saying. And I think the best way to do that is to sniff my armpits, and like, sit and burp every now and then.
Michelle Rodriguez
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Sniff Translations

sniff in French is renifler
sniff in Italian is sbuffare
sniff in Spanish is olfatear, curiosear

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