---

Sniffish

---

Read Also:

• Sniffle

  verb (used without object), sniffled, sniffling. 1. to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears: She sniffled woefully. noun 2. an act or sound of sniffling. 3. sniffles, a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling (usually preceded by the): This draft is giving me the sniffles. verb 1. (intransitive) to […]

• Sniffles

  verb (used without object), sniffled, sniffling. 1. to sniff repeatedly, as from a head cold or in repressing tears: She sniffled woefully. noun 2. an act or sound of sniffling. 3. sniffles, a condition, as a cold, marked by sniffling (usually preceded by the): This draft is giving me the sniffles. plural noun (informal) 1. […]

• Sniff out

  verb 1. (transitive, adverb) to detect through shrewdness or instinct sniffer Uncover, as If there’s anything to that rumor, Gladys will sniff it out. This expression alludes to an animal sniffing for prey. [ First half of 1900s ]

• Sniff test

  noun a basic questioning of the feasibility or sense of pursuing a new idea or venture Examples Her idea about going back to school may not pass the sniff test.

• Sniffy

  adjective, sniffier, sniffiest. Informal. 1. inclined to sniff, as in scorn; disdainful; supercilious: He was very sniffy about breaches of etiquette. adjective -fier, -fiest 1. (informal) contemptuous or disdainful sniffles

---