name, verb ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose. ambitransitive, dialectal
2. 2
   To sneak about; to spy on; to snoop. ambitransitive, dialectal
3. 3
   To snort contemptuously; to scorn, despise. ambitransitive, dialectal

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English snoken, from Old Norse *snoka, from Proto-Germanic *snukōną (“to snuff, snuffle, sniff out”), from Proto-Germanic *snuk-.

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