From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sniff \Sniff\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sniffed}or {Snift}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sniffing}.] [OE. sneven; akin to snivel, snuff; cf. Dan. snive to sniff. See {Snuff}, verb (used with an object)] To draw air audibly up the nose; to snuff; -- sometimes done as a gesture of suspicion, offense, or contempt.
So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven. --M. Arnold.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sniff \Sniff\, verb (used with an object)
1. To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
2. To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sniff \Sniff\, noun The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose [syn: {snuff}]
verb
1: perceive by inhaling through the nose; "sniff the perfume" [syn: {whiff}]
2: inhale audibly through the nose; "the sick student was sniffling in the back row" [syn: {sniffle}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
138 Moby Thesaurus words for "sniff": Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, assibilate, assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, be warm, blow, breath, breath of air, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, breathing, broken wind, burn, buzz, cough, cut, cut direct, disregard, draw in, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, expel, expiration, expire, exsufflation, feeling, fizz, fizzle, fizzling, frication, frictional rustling, gasp, get wind of, gulp, hack, hiccup, hint, hiss, hissing, huff, humiliation, hush, hushing, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inhalement, inspiration, inspire, insufflation, iron lung, lisp, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, nose, nose out, odor, oxygen mask, oxygen tent, pant, puff, rebuff, repulse, respiration, respire, rhonchus, scent, scuba, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle, sigh, sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, slight, slurp, smell, smell of, smell out, sneer, sneeze, sneezing, sniff at, sniff out, sniffle, snore, snoring, snort, snub, snuff, snuff in, snuffle, spirit, spit, splutter, spurn, spurning, sputter, squash, squelch, squish, sternutation, stertor, suck, suck in, sucking, suckle, suction, suggestion, suspiration, swish, the cold shoulder, the go-by, wheeze, whiff, whish, whistle, whistling, white noise, whiz, whoosh, wind, zip
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
sniff v.,n.
1. To watch IP packets traversing a local network. Most often in the phrase 'packet sniffer', a program for doing same. 2.Synonym for {poll}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Sniff A {C++}/{C} programming environment providing browsing, cross-referencing, design visualisation, documentation and editing support. Developed by UBS Switzerland and marketed by takeFive Salzburg. [{Jargon File}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
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