sniff
sniffed; sniffing; sniffs
Smell that cake baking? No? Take a sniff. A sniff is when you take air in through your nose to smell something.
Dogs sniff a lot. It's how they get to know the world. Imagine this when you see the figurative use for sniff meaning to snoop as in, "The detective was sniffing around for clues." Sniff is one of those words that sound like what they mean. Take a big sniff and listen, you'll see. If you have a cold, and you keep sniffing, you have what's known as the sniffles.
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perceive by inhaling through the nose
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inhale audibly through the nose
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synonyms:
sniffle
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type of:
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breathe in, inhale, inspire
draw in (air)
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breathe in, inhale, inspire
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sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
Vocabulary lists containing sniff
Learn these words from the personal narrative by Carmen Agra Deedy and the poem by Janet S. Wong (Inside: Level A, Unit 1). Here are our links to the selections of "Finding Your Own Place": Growing Together; When I Grow Up, Kids Like Me, Familiar Places, Call Me Maria Here are our links to the units of Level A: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary
During the Great Depression, a ten-year-old boy hits the road in search of the father he has never known.
Vocabulary from Cormac McCarthy's "The Road."
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