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English Idioms :: sniff out
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sniff.html - {v.} To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find. * /John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library./ * /Jane smelled out the boys' secret hiding place in the woods./ |
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English Idioms :: sniff out
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sniff.html - {v.} To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find. * /John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library./ * /Jane smelled out the boys' secret hiding place in the woods./ |
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Traditional English :: sniff
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sniff.html - v. & n. --v. 1 intr. draw up air audibly through the nose to stop it running or to detect a smell or as an expression of contempt. 2 tr. (often foll. by up) draw in (a scent, drug, liquid, or air) through the nose. 3 tr. draw in the scent of (food, drink, flowers, etc.) through the nose. --n. 1 an act or sound of sniffing. 2 the amount of air etc. sniffed up. sniff at 1 try the smell of; show interest in. 2 show contempt for or discontent with. sniff out detect; discover by investigation. sniffingly adv. [ME, imit.] |
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Traditional English :: sniffer
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sniff.html - n. 1 a person who sniffs, esp. one who sniffs a drug or toxic substances (often in comb.: glue-sniffer). 2 sl. the nose. 3 colloq. any device for detecting gas, radiation, etc. sniffer-dog colloq. a dog trained to sniff out drugs or explosives. |
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Traditional English :: sniffle
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sniff.html - v. & n. --v.intr. sniff slightly or repeatedly. --n. 1 the act of sniffling. 2 (in sing. or pl.) a cold in the head causing a running nose and sniffling. sniffler n. sniffly adj. [imit.: cf. SNIVEL] |
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Traditional English :: sniffy
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sniff.html - adj. colloq. (sniffier, sniffiest) 1 inclined to sniff. 2 disdainful; contemptuous. sniffily adv. sniffiness n. |
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