sniff

sniff is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
2. transitive verb. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
3. transitive verb. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
4. noun. The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
5. noun. sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose

   Synonyms: snuff

6. verb. inhale audibly through the nose

   "the sick student was sniffling in the back row"

   Synonyms: sniffle

7. verb. perceive by inhaling through the nose

   "sniff the perfume"

   Synonyms: whiff

Synonyms

snuff, sniffle, whiff

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sniff:

niffs

Common word forms

sniffs, sniffed, sniffer, sniffly, sniffing, sniffable

Words from these letters

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