to breathe in noisily through your nose, for example because you have been crying
to criticize something, or to suggest it is not good enough for you
to deliberately breathe an illegal or harmful substance in through your nose
to smell something
Amanda sniffed and wiped her nose.
Critics tend to sniff at his music.
Henry sniffed at the flowers appreciatively.
‘It wasn’t my fault!’ he sniffed.
sniff
sniffs
sniffing
sniffed
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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