sniff in English: To take short, quick breaths in through your nose, often to smell something. (verb)

Translation

To take short, quick breaths in through your nose, often to smell something.

Word origin

First recorded in Middle English as sniffen; the word copies the short sound of air pulled in quickly through the nose.

Verb typeregular (sniff, sniffs, sniffed)

.

The dog took quick breaths through its nose to smell the ground.

.

People sniff things to test their smell.

.

When your nose runs, you sniff to stop it.

smell

To notice something with your nose.

nose

The part of your face that you use to smell and to breathe.

breathe

To take air into your body and let it out again.

dog

A common animal with four legs that many people keep as a pet or to help them work.

cold

Having a low temperature, or not warm.

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.