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Synonyms for sniff
snɪfsniff
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Princeton's WordNet
sniff, snuffverb
sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
Synonyms:
snuffsniff, whiffverb
perceive by inhaling through the nose
"sniff the perfume"
sniff, sniffleverb
inhale audibly through the nose
"the sick student was sniffling in the back row"
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Editors Contribution
wuffle
to sniff gently
the large bear wuffled the sweet berrys
Dictionary of English Synonymes
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8314 | smell | |
#18108 | puff | |
#20591 | snort | |
#25693 | sniff | |
#28677 | snuff | |
#31621 | sniffing | |
#59480 | whiff | |
#84132 | blubber | |
#123122 | sniffle | |
#170013 | blub | |
#313322 | snivel |
How to use sniff in a sentence?
Sega goes over to Zeus' head and puts Gary Richardson paws up on the table and takes a sniff, gary Richardson ears came back, Gary Richardson got down, Gary Richardson instantly jumped on the sofa next to me and put Gary Richardson head on my thigh in sorrow. At that moment not only was my family broken, but his own mother was broken.
Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility.
Infection of dogs with SARS-CoV-2 has been reported, both asymptomatic and associated with variable levels of disease as in humans, so using dogs deliberately to sniff breath and clothes from potentially infected people seems a bit of a risk to the dogs, let alone their handlers.
Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.
There was a point where I never thought I’d even sniff a victory here, the team has found a setup that has worked with my driving style. The team goes to work to give me what I need to go fast.
Translations for sniff
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- شمArabic
- schnüffelnGerman
- olfatearSpanish
- nyrpistellä, nuuhkaista, nuuhkausFinnish
- reniflerFrench
- fanyalog, szippantás, szippant, szimatol, fintorogHungarian
- whakamonoMāori
- pociągać nosem, niuchać, węszyćPolish
- sinq'ayQuechua
- сопение, фыркнуть, фыркать, принюхаться, шмыгнуть, шмыгать, принюхиваться, шмыганиеRussian
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