'Sniff' definitions:
Definition of 'sniff'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Sniff'
From: GCIDE
- Sniff \Sniff\, n. The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sniff'
From: GCIDE
- Sniff \Sniff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sniffedor Snift; p. pr. & vb. n. Sniffing.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See Snuff, v. t.] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt. [1913 Webster]
- So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sniff'
From: GCIDE
- Sniff \Sniff\, v. t.
- 1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sniff'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Aqua-Lung,
- artificial respiration,
- aspirate,
- aspiration,
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- asthmatic wheeze,
- be warm,
- blow,
- breath,
- breath of air,
- breathe,
- breathe hard,
- breathe in,
- breathe out,
- breathing,
- broken wind,
- burn,
- buzz,
- cough,
- cut,
- cut direct,
- disregard,
- draw in,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescing,
- exhalation,
- exhale,
- exhaust,
- expel,
- expiration,
- expire,
- exsufflation,
- feeling,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- gasp,
- get wind of,
- gulp,
- hack,
- hiccup,
- hint,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- huff,
- humiliation,
- hush,
- hushing,
- inhalation,
- inhalator,
- inhale,
- inhalement,
- inspiration,
- inspire,
- insufflation,
- iron lung,
- lisp,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- nose,
- nose out,
- odor,
- oxygen mask,
- oxygen tent,
- pant,
- puff,
- rebuff,
- repulse,
- respiration,
- respire,
- rhonchus,
- scent,
- scuba,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- siffle,
- sigh,
- sigmatism,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- slight,
- slurp,
- smell,
- smell of,
- smell out,
- sneer,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff at,
- sniff out,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snort,
- snub,
- snuff,
- snuff in,
- snuffle,
- spirit,
- spit,
- splutter,
- spurn,
- spurning,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- suck,
- suck in,
- sucking,
- suckle,
- suction,
- suggestion,
- suspiration,
- swish,
- the cold shoulder,
- the go-by,
- wheeze,
- whiff,
- whish,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- wind,
- zip