Usually means: Glass for brandy, wide bowl.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word snifter:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. snifter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. snifter: Merriam-Webster
  3. snifter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. snifter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. snifter: Collins English Dictionary
  6. snifter: Vocabulary.com
  7. snifter: Wordnik
  8. snifter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. snifter: Wiktionary
  10. snifter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. snifter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. snifter: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. snifter: Dictionary.com
  14. snifter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Snifter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. snifter: Rhymezone
  17. snifter: FreeDictionary.org
  18. snifter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. snifter: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Epicurus.com Spirits Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. snifter: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SPIRITS Terminology (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. snifter, snifter, snifter, snifter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. snifter: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. snifter: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
verb:  (transitive, archaic, rare) Followed by out: to speak (words) in a nasal, snuffling manner.
noun:  (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) A sniff.
noun:  (figurative)
noun:  (chiefly Northern England, Scotland) A strong or severe wind.
noun:  (originally and chiefly US) A small, wide, pear-shaped glass used for drinking aromatic liquors such as bourbon and brandy.
noun:  (originally US, informal) Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (sense 2.2) might hold”)
noun:  (US, slang) Synonym of cocaine addict; a sniffer.
noun:  (US, slang) A small amount of cocaine taken by inhaling through the nose.
noun:  (US, slang) A handheld device used to detect signals from radio transmitters; a sniffer.

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