Definition of Sniff

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Definition of Sniff

Sniff

To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.

To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.

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

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

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Sniff Quotations

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

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

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

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

It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way.
Patrick Marber

You don't have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.
Rich Galen

Sniff Translations

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

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