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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sniffle |
| Type of | breathe in, inhale, inspire |
| Derivation | sniffer |
the sick student was sniffling in the back row.
Examples of sniff
sniff
Puppies trip and bound and sniff and puppy-kiss their way right into your heart.
From the freep.com
This can be done by having him close his eyes and sniff peppermint gum or candy.
From the charlotteobserver.com
At 30-all, Murray gets a sniff of a break point opportunity, but it's not to be.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Can you sniff out the right answers in our jaw-gnashingly difficult canine quiz?
From the guardian.co.uk
All that is required is for the operator to work out how to sniff appropriately.
From the economist.com
We asked some causeway regulars to roll down the window for a descriptive sniff.
From the sacbee.com
A sign on each gate clearly informs visitors to stroll and sniff, but not taste.
From the post-gazette.com
Some glib critics sniff that the suburbs are soulless, the geography of nowhere.
From the philly.com
There's plenty of time to nap and always a steady stream of new people to sniff.
From the newsobserver.com
- Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
- Inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row"
- Sniff - is a character in the Moomin series of books by Finnish author Tove Jansson. Moomintroll's immature friend and later adopted brother. He is the son of the Muddler and the Fuzzy. ...
- (Sniffed) A packet analyzer (also known as a network analyzer, protocol analyzer or sniffer, or for particular types of networks, an Ethernet sniffer or wireless sniffer) is computer software or computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a ...
- An instance of sniffing; To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something; To be dismissive or contemptuous of something
- (Sniffing) A synonym for "passive wiretapping."
- (SNIFFING) Listening in on a network in order to capture and steal sensitive information.
- (Sniffing) A method of determining whether email recipients are capable of receiving HTML-formatted messages. This procedure is not recommended as it is flawed and may result in inaccurate findings.
- (Sniffing) Capturing information that was intended for other machines.
