sniff

sniff
1 verb
1 BREATHE NOISILY (I) to breathe air into your nose noisily, especially in short breaths: Stop sniffing - why can't you blow your nose?
2 SMELL (I, T) to breathe air in through your nose in order to smell something: He opened the milk and sniffed it.
(+ at): The dog was sniffing at the dead bird
3 (T) to say something in a proud complaining way: “ I expected something much better,” she sniffed.
4 not to be sniffed at spoken good enough to be considered carefully: An 8% salary increase is not to be sniffed at.
5 (T) to take a harmful drug through your nose: sniffing cocaine
—see also: glue­sniffing sniff out sth phrasal verb (T)
1 to discover or find something by its smell: They've got dogs at the customs for sniffing out drugs.
2 informal to find out something: Vic's been asking questions, trying to sniff out where you went last night.
2 noun (C) an act or sound of sniffing

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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