āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to sniff
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āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to inhale air audibly through the nose, often to detect or identify a scent or odor
Transitive: to sniff a scent or odor
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He regularly sniffs the air to determine what's cooking in the kitchen.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻļā§āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻ¨āĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to breathe in through the nose audibly to clear mucus or other substances from the nasal passages and prevent a runny nose
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Whenever she felt congested, she would sniff to try to alleviate the discomfort.
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āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻ āĻŦāĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to express disapproval or contempt towards something or someone in a disdainful or critical manner, often by making a sniffing sound
Transitive: to sniff at an idea or action
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He sniffed in disapproval at the sight of the messy room.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻļā§āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻž
to consume drugs by inhaling them through the nose
Transitive: to sniff a drug
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Some individuals mistakenly believe that sniffing prescription drugs is safer than injecting them.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒāĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻˇā§āĻ§ āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻāĨ¤
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āĻļā§āĻāĻāĻž, āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
