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[ verb ] perceive by inhaling through the nose
Synonyms Examples "sniff the perfume" Used in print (The New York Times...)`` I like to sniff a place , and reproduce what it really smells and looks_like , its color , its particular kind_of life '' . (Ruth F. Rosevear, "North Country School Cares for...)Sniffing its sweet smell and letting it fall to show its good crumbly consistency , he pointed to the nearby driveway and said , `` This soil used_to be like that hard packed road over there '' . (Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)Their heads were in_the_air sniffing . (Terence O'Donnell, "Evenings at the Bridge"...)But he knew ; he sniffed the air and licked it on his lip and knew as a vintner knows a vintage . (Frank Murphy, "New Southern Fiction: Urban or Ag...)On this trip to_the_South he wants , above_all else , to sniff the effluvium of backwoods-and-sand-hill subhumanity and to see at_least one barn burn at midnight '' . |
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