1. • noun - sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
   • verb - perceive by inhaling through the nose
   • verb - inhale audibly through the nose
2. • To inhale a short, audible breath through the nose, as in smelling something.
   • To sniffle.
   • To use the sense of smell, as in savoring or investigating: sniffed at the jar to see what it held.
   • To regard something in a contemptuous or dismissive manner: The critics sniffed at the adaptation of the novel to film.
   • To pry; snoop: The reporters came sniffing around for more details.
   • To inhale forcibly through the nose: sniffed the cool morning air.
   • To smell, as in savoring or investigating: sniffed the lilacs; sniffed the breeze for traces of smoke.
   • To perceive or detect by or as if by sniffing: dogs that sniffed out the trail through the snow; sniffed trouble ahead.
   • To utter in a contemptuous or haughty manner: The countess sniffed her disapproval.
   • An instance or the sound of sniffing.
   • Something sniffed or perceived by or as if by sniffing; a whiff: a sniff of perfume; a sniff of scandal.
3. • v - to inhale audibly through the nose

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