Synonyms of the word sniff


SNIFFINHALE - INSPIRE - SMELL - SMELLING - SNIFFLE - SNUFF - WHIFF

sniff

  • n. An instance of sniffing.
  • n. A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
  • n. (colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something.
  • v. To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
  • v. (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
  • v. To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
  • v. (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
  • v. (slang, Britain) To inhale drugs in powder form (usually cocaine) through the nose.
  • interj. A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.

inhale

  • v. (intransitive) To draw air into the lungs, through the nose or mouth by action of the diaphragm.
  • v. (transitive) To draw air or any form of gas (either in a pure form, or mixed with small particles in form…
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To eat very quickly.

inspire

  • v. (transitive) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural…
  • v. (transitive) To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what…
  • v. (intransitive) To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
  • v. To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
  • v. (transitive) To spread rumour indirectly.

smell

  • n. A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals,…
  • n. (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
  • v. (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
  • v. (intransitive) To have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or…
  • v. (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
  • v. (obsolete) To exercise sagacity.
  • v. To detect or perceive; often with out.
  • v. (obsolete) To give heed to.

smelling

  • v. present participle of smell.
  • v. Used in adjectival compounds.
  • n. The act by which something is smelled.

sniffle

  • v. (intransitive) To make a whimpering or sniffing sound when breathing because of a runny nose.
  • n. The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.

snuff

  • n. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
  • n. Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or…
  • n. A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
  • n. The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
  • n. Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
  • n. (obsolete) Snot, mucus.
  • n. (obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.
  • v. To inhale through the nose.
  • v. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
  • n. The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which has to be periodically…
  • n. (obsolete) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
  • n. (slang) A murder.
  • n. (attributive) A form of pornographic film which involves someone's actually being murdered.
  • v. To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
  • v. (obsolete) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
  • v. (slang) To kill a person; to snuff out.

whiff

  • n. A waft; a brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air.
  • n. An odour carried briefly through the air.
  • n. A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially of smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
  • n. (figuratively) A slight sign of something; a glimpse.
  • n. (baseball) A strike (from the batter’s perspective).
  • n. The megrim, a fish: Lepidorhombus boscii or Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis.
  • v. (transitive) To waft.
  • v. (transitive) To sniff.
  • v. (intransitive, baseball) To strike out.
  • v. (slang) To attempt to strike and miss, especially being off-balance/vulnerable after missing.
  • v. To throw out in whiffs; to consume in whiffs; to puff.
  • v. To carry or convey by a whiff, or as by a whiff; to puff or blow away.
  • adj. (colloquial) Having a strong or unpleasant odor.

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