SNIFFING

Definition: SNIFFING

SNIFFING

Noun

1. A rapid inspiratory act, in which the mouth is kept shut and the air drawn in through the nose.

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Sniff

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "SNIFFING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Synonyms within Context: SNIFFING

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Safety	Noun: safety, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness; Adjective:; danger past, danger over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape; means of escape; blow valve, safety valve, release valve, sniffing valve; safeguard, palladium.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: SNIFFING

English words defined with "SNIFFING": snuff. (references)

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Modern Usage: SNIFFING

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You just sniffing my boxers, man? (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) Think about it, Smithers. If I came into your house and started sniffing at your crotch and slobbering all over you, what would you say? (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) No begging for food, no sniffing of crotches, and you will not drink from my toilet. (Turner & Hooch; writing credit: Dennis Shryack; Michael Blodgett) What's a little bit of sweater sniffing between sworn enemies? (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue! (Airplane!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker)
Lyrics	Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; performing artist: Elton John)
Clever	I tried sniffing Coke once, but the ice cubes got stuck in my nose (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: SNIFFING

Domain	Title
Books	All about Sniffing (reference) Detector Dogs: Sniffing Out Trouble (Dogs Helping People) (reference) DK Readers: Munching, Crunching, Sniffing, and Snooping (Level 2: Beginning to Read Alone) (reference) Doggone Chicago, Second Edition : Sniffing Out the Best Places to Take Your Best Friend (reference) Glue Sniffing and Volatile Substance Abuse (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: SNIFFING

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Sounds Captioned with "SNIFFING".

Play	Caption
	Gorilla sniffing and snorting.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: SNIFFING

Author	Quotation
Walt Whitman	This face is a dog's snout sniffing for garbage, snakes nest in that mouth, I hear the sibilant threat.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: SNIFFING

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	A dog trotted out, sniffing and snorting, and moved slowly around the Joad truck.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SNIFFING

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Sudden sniffing death is particularly associated with the abuse of butane, propane, and chemicals in aerosols. (references)
		Sniffing highly concentrated amounts of the chemicals in solvents or aerosol sprays can directly induce heart failure and death. (references)
		This syndrome, known as "sudden sniffing death," can result from a single session of inhalant use by an otherwise healthy young person. (references)
Children	El Salvador	Substance abuse (glue and paint sniffing) was a problem among urban street children. (references)
	Brazil	Drug use, particularly glue sniffing and crack, is increasingly prevalent among street children. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: SNIFFING

"SNIFFING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.33% of the time. "SNIFFING" is used about 282 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	94.33%	266	18,071
Noun (proper)	2.48%	7	133,076
Noun (singular)	2.48%	7	133,076
Adjective (general or positive)	0.71%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	282	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: SNIFFING

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "SNIFFING": cocaine-sniffing, glue-sniffing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SNIFFING

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
sniffing	179	fart sniffing	5
pantie sniffing	98	network sniffing	5
foot sniffing	57	her pantie sniffing	5
packet sniffing	27	mold sniffing dog	5
glue sniffing	17	dog pantie sniffing	5
shoes sniffing	12	foot worship sniffing	4
bomb sniffing dog	11	finger monkey sniffing	4
ip sniffing	10	packet sniffing software	4
cancer dog sniffing	10	girl pantie sniffing	4
pantie sniffing story	10	forced pantie sniffing	4
sniffing sock	9	paint sniffing	4
butt sniffing	9	butt monkey sniffing	4
drug sniffing dog	9	wifi sniffing	4
ass sniffing	9	hose pantie sniffing	4
wireless sniffing	7	ass pic sniffing	3
gasoline sniffing	6	iris packet sniffing	3
bomb dog sniffing training	6	port sniffing	3
female foot sniffing	6	erection sniffing	3
sniffing dog	6	sniffing toe	3
foot sniffing story	6	lan sniffing	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SNIFFING

Language		Translations for "SNIFFING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		嗅 (sniff, Sniffed). (various references)

Danish		sniffing (inhalation, to horn, to snif, to snort), inhalation (breathing in, inhalation). (various references)

Dutch		snuiven (snuffle). (various references)

French		reniflement (sniff, sniffling). (various references)

German		schnobend, schnüffelnd (sniffling, snooping, snuffling). (various references)

Greek		εισπνοή από την μύτη, εισπνοή (inhalation, sniff). (various references)

Hebrew		�"רח�" (smelling). (various references)

Indonesian		penciuman (kissing, sense of smell). (various references)

Italian		fiutare (nose, scent, smell, smell out, sniff, sniff out), aspirazione (aspiration, inhalation, suction), annusare (nose, smell, sniff, sniff at). (various references)

Korean		�"를 킁킁거림. (various references)

Pig Latin		iffingsnay

Portuguese		snifar (to horn, to snif, to snort), inalação (draught, inspiration), aspiração (ambition, aspiration, breathing, desideratum, desire, suction). (various references)

Russian		нюхать;шмыгать сопящий. (various references)

Spanish		inhalacion (inhalation), esnifar (sniff, snort), aspirar (aim, aspirate, aspire, breathe, breathe in, draw in, inhale, snuff, suck in, suck up). (various references)

Turkish		koklama (olfactory, smell, smelling, sniff, snuffle). (various references)

Vietnamese		sổ mũi, sự khụt khịt chứng sổ mũi, khụt khịt. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: SNIFFING

Misspellings
	"SNIFFING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Shiffins, Sinfin, spiffing. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SNIFFING"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "SNIFFING" (pronounced sni"fing)
4	-i" f i ng	spiffing.
3	-f i ng	beefing, bluffing, briefing, chafing, choreographing, coffing, coughing, debriefing, doffing, dwarfing, engulfing, fireproofing, golfing, goofing, huffing, knifing, laughing, leafing, morphing, offing, photographing, proofing, puffing, rebuffing, roofing, roughing, ruffing, rustproofing, snuffing, spoofing, staffing, strafing, stuffing, surfing, waterproofing.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: SNIFFING

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "f-f-g-i-i-n-n-s"
	-1 letter: finings.
	-2 letters: fifing, fining.
	-3 letters: finis, sniff.
	-4 letters: figs, fins, gins, inns, nisi, sign, sing.
	-5 letters: fig, fin, gin, iff, ifs, inn, ins, sin.
	Words containing the letters "f-f-g-i-i-n-n-s"
	+1 letter: sniffling.
	+2 letters: stiffening.
	+4 letters: insufflating.
	+5 letters: faultfindings.
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