Usually means: Inhale air through the nose.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word sniff:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. sniff: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sniff: Merriam-Webster
  3. sniff: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sniff: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sniff: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sniff: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sniff, sniff: Wordnik
  8. sniff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sniff: Wiktionary
  10. sniff: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sniff: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sniff: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sniff: Dictionary.com
  14. sniff: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sniff: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sniff (Moomin character), Sniff (film), Sniff: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Sniff: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sniff: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. sniff: Rhymezone
  20. sniff: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. sniff: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. SNIFF: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. sniff: FreeDictionary.org
  24. sniff: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. sniff: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sniff, sniff: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. sniff: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  3. Sniff: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ka-BOOM! Comicbook Words on Historical Principles (No longer online)
  2. SNIFF: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  4. sniff: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. sniff, sniff: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Sniff: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. sniff: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See sniffed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
verb:  (transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
verb:  (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
verb:  (intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
verb:  To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.
verb:  (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
verb:  (slang, chiefly UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
noun:  (countable) An instance of sniffing.
noun:  (countable) A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
noun:  (countable, colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.
noun:  (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
noun:  (countable, slang) A toddler or young child.

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