sniff
/snɪf/noun, verb1 syllable
Sniff means: sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose.
Synonyms for sniff3
noun, as in sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
snuff
verb, as in perceive by inhaling through the nose
whiff
verb, as in inhale audibly through the nose
sniffle
What does sniff mean?3
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”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with sniff?6
Sniff in a sentence
- Why do you sniff things you see on the ground?shekitten
- One sniff of that stuff was enough to make me sick.sharptoothed
- He can sniff a cop from miles away.Amastan
- A quick sniff of the tofu proved it to be well past expiry.Auride
- Ms. Jackson put scratch-and-sniff stickers on the kids' graded homework.rul
- He likes to sniff my armpits.Nuel
- Sniff, Rover was a good dog.gleki
- Don't sniff glue. It's bad for you.CK
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of sniff
as a noun
- plural
- sniffs
as a verb
- past tense
- sniffed
- present participle
- sniffing
- third-person singular
- sniffs