as in scent
the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose
we took a good sniff of the sauce, trying to guess its ingredients
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Recent Examples of sniff
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Rub a pinch between your fingers and sniff.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
San Marcos tried a flea flicker on its last-gasp play, but it was sniffed out by the Carlsbad defense.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The man then places the blanket in the baby's bassinet and leaves another one on Jax's bed, even letting the animal sniff Hogan's labor gown.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Rub a pinch between your fingers and sniff.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
The picture shows them on the floor together with Comet fully exposing his belly, a sign of trust, while Dottie sniffs him.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
San Marcos tried a flea flicker on its last-gasp play, but it was sniffed out by the Carlsbad defense.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sniff
Noun
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Subtle hints of vanilla bean and cocoa add sweetness and balance to the scent profile, and its black jar goes with just about anything.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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This partnership comes a few weeks after DedCool, best known for its detergent line, released incense in all three cult-favorite scents.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Your body gets hunger signals from seeing and smelling food.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
26 Oct. 2025
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The cafeteria smelled the same.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Adding your preferred aroma to a wool dryer ball is also possible.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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The fruit and its peel can be used to add flavor to drinks or aromas to perfumes.—
Kirstyn Hill,
Health,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Inhale the Oils Using the Dry Evaporation Method The dry evaporation method is another way to inhale essential oils indirectly but effectively.—
Emily Brown,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
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Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia — fear of long words (The longest word found in major English dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word describing a lung disease caused by inhaling fine silica dust.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Sniff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sniff. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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