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sniffer
  1. (informal) One who sniffs.
  2. (informal) The nose.
  3. (networking) A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Police chiefs were meeting last night to discuss the possibility of sending specialist sniffer dogs to the area.”
      “Police launched a massive search, combing the area with a helicopter equipped with thermal imaging cameras, sniffer dogs and scores of officers.”
      “The train station yesterday was crawling with police and sniffer dogs, but alerts come and go.”
sniff
  1. An instance of sniffing.
  2. A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose
  3. (colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He was answered with what sounded like a sniff and a smothered sob.”
      “Jansen caught a sniff of the tempting viands and concluded to remain with us.”
      “At the first sniff of trouble, Ironside should have sent out a senior officer to report back.”
snift
  1. (Britain, dialect) A moment.
  2. (Britain, dialect, uncountable) Slight snow; sleet.
sniffle
  1. The act, or the sound of sniffling; the condition of having a runny or wet nose, as from a cold or allergies.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I can hear her sniffle from across the room as she battles her cold.”
sniffles
sniffiness
  1. The state or condition of being sniffy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “There is a lot of sniffiness in Europe about American culture which really needs to be done away with.”
      “When I began reading his account, it's fair to say that I did so in an atmosphere of sniffiness.”
      “Even Margaret Oliphant got short shrift, mainly because of the prevailing male sniffiness about the fact that this eminent Victorian novelist wrote for a living.”
sniffling
  1. A sniffle sound or action.
sniffler
  1. a person who sniffles
  2. Examples:
    1. “This baffles me — and I am an inveterate sniffler and blubberer at sad films.”
      “What swimmer Carrie Grainger will make of the bearded sniffler stalking her is anybody's guess.”
sniffing
  1. A sniff sound or action.
sniffles
sniffinesses
  1. plural of sniffiness
snifflings
  1. plural of sniffling
sniffings
  1. plural of sniffing
snifflers
  1. plural of sniffler
sniffers
  1. plural of sniffer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The gas sniffers will fight other kids, and some kids get afraid with them.”
      “The comments were contained in a report into the suicide deaths of two chronic sniffers at Balgo, south of Halls Creek.”
      “Automated mechanical sniffers could be fitted with this detection system on every baggage handling chute.”
sniffs
snifts
  1. plural of snift
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