Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sniff"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sniff \Sniff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sniffed}or {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.
So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. --M.
Arnold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sniff \Sniff\, v. t.
1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff
the air of the country.
2. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell;
as, to sniff danger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sniff \Sniff\, n.
The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is
taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sniff
n : sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose [syn: {snuff}]
v 1: perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume"
[syn: {whiff}]
2: inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was
sniffling in the back row" [syn: {sniffle}]
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