Sniffer
noun
1.
a person or thing that sniffs.
2.
a device or mechanism for detecting something.
noun
1.
a device for detecting hidden substances such as drugs or explosives, esp by their odour
2.
a computer program or device used to monitor, detect, and capture data on a network
snide
packet sniffer
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- Sniffing
verb (used without object) 1. to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations. 2. to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle. 3. to smell by short inhalations. 4. to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as by sniffing. verb (used with object) 5. to perceive by or as by smelling: to sniff […]
- Sniffish
adjective 1. haughtily disdainful; contemptuous: a sniffish dowager.
- 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 ]