Sniff

Definition: Sniff

Sniff

Noun

1. Sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose.

Verb

1. Perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume".

2. Inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sniff" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references)

Computing

Medicine

Multilingual Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Sniff

Discovery

Be near the truth, be warm, get warmer, burn; smoke, scent, sniff, catch a whiff of, smell a rat.

Wind

Respire, breathe, puff; whiff, whiffle; gasp, wheeze; snuff, snuffle; sniff, sniffle; sneeze, cough.

Crosswords: Sniff

I'll sniff out a deal (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

I was just gonna sniff a bag but one guy says if you're gonna sniff you might as well pop it and another guys says if you gonna pop it you might as well mainline (The Basketball Diaries; writing credit: Bryan Goluboff)

Sniff it. (The Faculty; writing credit: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel)

If ya sniff what The Bean is brewin' (GWF Monday Night Attitude; writing credit: Nick Anastasio; Joe Bonilla)

Fredericks, you're a turd a stinky f-fat turd, go sniff a jock strap, you poop head (Freaks and Geeks; writing credit: Paul Feig; Judd Apatow)

Have me high at first like I sniff some coke (Firm All Stars; performing artist: The Firm)

Driver's Seat (performing artist: Sniff 'n' the Tears)

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Books

• Nate the Great and the Big Sniff (Nate the Great (Cloth)) (reference)

• Never Sniff a Gift Fish (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Best of Sniff 'n' the Tears [2000] (reference)

• Scratch and Sniff [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

National Cathedral. Sniff shelf in Herb Cottage, National Cathedral. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

The woman will sniff as though she smelled rotting meat and they will go out again and tell forever afterward that the people in the West are sullen

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Health

It is not uncommon for a person with TS to continuously clear his or her throat, cough, sniff, grunt, yelp, bark, or shout. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "sniff": sniff around ♦ sniff at ♦ sniff at smth. ♦ sniff in ♦ sniff of fresh air ♦ sniff out ♦ sniff out trouble ♦ sniff round ♦ sniff up ♦ take a sniff at smth.. Additional references.

Beginning with "sniff": sniff-in.

Ending with "sniff": ruff-sniff.

Afrikaans

beruik (smell, smell at, sniff at). (various references)

Albanian

rrufis hundët, nuhatje (nose, scent, smelling, wind), ngërdheshem (make faces), gërhitje (snore, snorkel, wheeze), gërhas (snore), fërgëlloj (shake, shiver, shudder, tremble). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كشر (grimace, grin, mow, mug, pull a face, scowl), ‏تنفس (aspiration, breath, breathe, breathing, inhale, respiration, respire), ‏تنشق (inbreathe), ‏تشمم (follow one's nose, snuff), ‏إكتشف بالشم (nose), ‏إستنشق (inhale, snuff, whiff), ‏إستشم ليكتشف, ‏شمة, ‏شم مخدر, ‏شم (acumen, feel, nose, scent, smell, snort, snuff), ‏شخر (peal, snore, snort). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смъркване, мириша (nose, smell, stink), помирисване (snuff), подсмърчане (snivel, snuff), подсмърквам (snivel, snuff, snuffle), душене (cast, stranglehold, worry), душа (breast, ghost, heart, inside, lifeblood, mastermind, nature, nose, nuzzle, psyche, quest, scent, scrag, smell, smell about, smother, soul, spirit, stifle, throttle). (various references)

Chinese 

嗅 (Sniffed, Sniffing), 吸氣 . (various references)

Czech

vdechnout (inspire), vìtřit (nose, snuff), popotahovat nosem, přièuchnutí, krèit nos, funìní (snuffle), èichat (snook), èenichat (nose, nuzzle, snuffle), šòupat (snort, snuff, take snuff). (various references)

Dutch

besnuffelen (smell at, sniff at), beruiken (smell at, sniff at). (various references)

Esperanto

flaresplori (smell at, sniff at). (various references)

Farsi 

فن فن کردن , موس موس کردن , استشمام کردن (Inhale), اب بینی رابالاکشیدن , بینی گرفتن , بوکشیدن (Nose, Scent). (various references)

Finnish

tuhista (hiss, snuffle), nuuhkia (snuff), haistella. (various references)

French

respirer (snort), renifler (sniffle, snort, snuffle). (various references)

German

schnüffeln (nose about, nose around, poke about, poke around, pry, sleuthing, sniffle, snoop, snoop around, snuffle, to sleuthing, to sniffle, to snoop, to snuffle). (various references)

Greek 

όσφρηση (olfaction, scent, smell), ρουφώ από την μύτη, μυκτηρίζω, εισπνοή (inhalation), οσφραίνομαι (scent, smell). (various references)

Hebrew 

למשוך בחוטם, לשאוף באף (snuff, snuffle), לרחרח (nose, snoop), רחרוח (smell). (various references)

Hungarian

szippantás (drag, hit, snuff), szipákolás, szimatolás (snoop). (various references)

Indonesian

mencium bau, ciuman (kiss, kissing, osculation, whiff). (various references)

Italian

sbuffare (chug, fume, pant, puff, puff away, snort), tirare su con il naso, fiutata, fiutare (nose, scent, smell, smell out, sniff out), annusata, annusare (nose, smell, sniff at). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

クロム明礬 (chlorella, chlorophyll, chloroprene rubber, choir, chrome alum, croissant, cunnilingus, ghoul, good, good morning, Gould, gourmand, gourmet, Guam, Guatamala, Gungnir, kvas, quartet). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

クンクン . (various references)

Korean 

냄새 맡음. (various references)

Manx

stronnaghey (eclipsis, nasalize, snivel, snort, snuffle), soar (aroma, bouquet, breath, odour, pong, scent, sense of smell, smell). (various references)

Pig Latin

iffsnay.(various references)

Portuguese

suspeitar de (misdoubt, mistrust), som produzido ao fungar (snuff), pressentir (feel, forebode, presage, scent, sense), fungar (snivel, snuffle), fungadela (snuff), farejar (nose, quest, scent, wind), bufar (blow, puff, snort, wheeze), aspirar (ache, aspirate, aspire, aspire to, breathe, draw, drew, exhaust, hope for, imbibe, inhale, inspire, pump, yearn). (various references)

Romanian

smiorcãi (whimper, whine), pufniturã, pufni (snort, spit), priza (snuff, take snuff), mirosi (nose, nose out, savor, savour, scent, smack, smell, smoke), miros (fragrance, nose, odor, odour, scent, smell), bãnui (anticipate, conjecture, distrust, doubt, feel, foreknow, foresee, guess, imagine, mistrust, presume, smoke, suppose, surmise, suspect, think), aspiraţie (aspiration, hankering, suck, suction), aspira (aspirate, aspire, breathe, endeavor, endeavour, exhaust, inspire, suck), adulmeca (feel, foreknow, foresee, get on the scent, guess, nose, pick up the scent, scent, sense, smell, smell out, smoke, suspect, trace). (various references)

Russian 

сопеть (sniffle), фыркать (pish, snort), нюхать;шмыгать (sniffed, sniffs). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

onjušiti (smell, snuff, snuff it), njuškati (snoop), mirisati (reek, savor, savour, smack, smell), frkati, šmrkati (snort, snuffle), šmrkanje (sniffle, snuffle). (various references)

Spanish

olfatear (scent, smell, smell out). (various references)

Swedish

vädra (about doogs, air, scent, smell, snuff, ventilate, wind), fnysa (bridle at, snort). (various references)

Thai

เสียงสูดจมูก, สูดอากาศ, สูดจมูกฟุดฟิด, การสูดกลิ่น, ข้อสงสัย. (various references)

Turkish

sezmek (antedate, anticipate, be sensible of, detect, discern, divine, feel, guess, have a scent for smth., intuit, perceive, rumble, scent, see, sense, smell, taste blood), kokusunu almak (get an inkling of, have a scent for smth., nose out, perceive the smell of, savor, savour, scent, smell, smell out, snuff, taste blood, wind), koklamak (nose, nose around, smell, snuff), koklama (olfactory, smell, smelling, sniffing, snuffle), burun kıvırmak (consider unimportant, flout, pooh pooh, turn up one's nose), burun kıvırma, burnunu çekmek (sniffle, snivel), burnunu çekme (snuffle), burnuna çekmek (sniff in, sniff up, snuff), burnuna çekme (snuff), çekilen miktar. (various references)

Ukrainian

сопіти (blurt, nuzzle, snuff, snuffle), сопіння (snuff, snuffle), чмихати (chortle), чмихання (chortle), вдихання (inhalation, inspiration), нюхати (nose, nuzzle, olfact, smell, whiff). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự hít, tiếng hít vào lượng hít vào. (various references)

Welsh

snwffian (snuff, snuffle, whimper), trwyno (nose, nuzzle), ffroeni (snort, snuff). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sniff": sniffed, sniffer, sniffers, sniffier, sniffiest, sniffily, sniffiness, sniffinesses, sniffing, sniffish, sniffishly, sniffishness, sniffishnesses, sniffle, sniffled, sniffler, snifflers, sniffles, sniffling, sniffs, sniffy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sniff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aniff, naff, Niff, nyiff, Saniff, sgiff, snarf, snef, snif, sniffl. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: fins.

-2 letters: fin, iff, ifs, ins, sin.

-3 letters: if, in, is, si.

+1 letter: sniffs, sniffy.

+2 letters: affines, biffins, boffins, coffins, finfish, goniffs, muffins, niffers, offings, puffins, sniffed, sniffer, sniffle, spinoff, stiffen, tiffins.

+3 letters: affiants, affusion, caffeins, chiffons, effendis, effusing, effusion, fifteens, finfoots, funfairs, griffins, griffons, iffiness, infeoffs, pontiffs, ruffians, scoffing, scuffing, sluffing, sniffers, sniffier, sniffily, sniffing, sniffish, sniffled, sniffler, sniffles, snuffier, snuffily, snuffing, spiffing, spinoffs, staffing, stiffens, stiffing, stuffing.