Definitions for sniff

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IPA: /snɪf/

Sniff is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 25 anagrams from letters in sniff (ffins).

Definitions for sniff

noun

1. an act of sniffing; a single, short, audible inhalation.
2. the sound made by such an act.
3. a scent or odor perceived:

verb (used with object)

1. to perceive by or as by smelling:
2. to inhale through the nose:

verb (used without object)

1. to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.
2. to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle.
3. to smell by short inhalations.
4. to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as by sniffing.

Origin of sniff

1300-50; Middle English; back formation from snivel

Examples for sniff

He did not speak, but he made an inarticulate noise between a grunt and a sniff.

Late in the afternoon, the day being warm, I raised the window again and leaned out to get a sniff of air.

Delachaise, a pit bull mix, made it across the field on her first try, but had to stop and sniff the camera.

Captain Zelotes' only comment was a sniff or snort, or combination of both.

He tried to sniff noses with her, but she retreated playfully and coyly.

He just stuck his nose into old Hagar's wikiup—and one sniff seemed to be about all he wanted.

Albert sniffed suspiciously, but no odor of alcohol rewarded the sniff.

If Letizia did know how to sniff out a media rat in her camp, it was undoubtedly due to her professional training as a journalist.

But is their sniff strong enough for an entire legal system to rest on?

Duane and Dicky lope backstage afterwards to “do some sniff,” as Dicky terms it.