Sniff
English
Noun
Sniff (plural Sniffs)- An instance of sniffing.
Verb
Sniff (third-person singular simple present Sniffs, present participle Sniffing, simple past and past participle Sniffed)
- To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something.
- To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
Thesaurus
artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, assibilate, assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, be warm, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, burn, buzz, cough, cut, cut direct, disregard, draw in, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, feeling, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, gasp, get wind of, gulp, hack, hiccup, hint, hiss, hissing, huff, humiliation, hush, hushing, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inhalement, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, lisp, nose, nose out, odor, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, rebuff, repulse, respiration, respire, rhonchus, scent, scuba, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigh, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, slight, slurp, smell, smell of, smell out, sneer, sneeze, sneezing, sniff at, sniff out, sniffle, snore, snoring, snort, snub, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, spirit, spit, splutter, spurn, spurning, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, suck, suck in, sucking, suckle, suction, suggestion, suspiration, swish, the cold shoulder, the go-by, wheeze, whiff, whish, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, wind, zip
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪf
