Why do you sniff things you see on the ground?
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Sniff
//snɪf//
Synonyms for "sniff" (158 found)
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Strong matches (47)
Related words (79)
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Noun(6 words)
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6 entriesderived
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
120 translations across 37 languages.
Armenian
3 entries- հոտոտել verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- փնչացնել verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- ֆսֆսալ verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- burnunu çəkmək verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Belarusian
4 entries- ню́хаць verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- ню́хаць verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
- чуць verb (to perceive vaguely)
- шмо́ргаць verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- смъркане noun (instance of sniffing)
- душа verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- помирисвам verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- смъркам verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
Catalan
2 entries- ensumada noun (instance of sniffing)
- ensumar verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 嗅 verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Czech
2 entries- čichat verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- čmuchat verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Esperanto
4 entries- ekflari verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- ekmovi la nazon verb (to be dismissive or contemptuous)
- flari verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- snufi verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
Finnish
4 entries- nuuhkaus noun (instance of sniffing)
- aavistaa verb (to perceive vaguely)
- haistaa verb (to perceive vaguely)
- niiskauttaa verb (to say something while sniffing)
French
2 entries- renifler verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- sniffer verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
Galician
2 entries- nifrar verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- nifrar verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
German
2 entries- schnüffeln verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- züngeln verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִסְנִיף verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
Hungarian
4 entries- szippantás noun (instance of sniffing)
- fanyalog verb (to be dismissive or contemptuous)
- fintorog verb (to be dismissive or contemptuous)
- szimatol verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Ingrian
1 entries- haissella verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Italian
4 entries- annusare verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- fiutare verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- odorare verb (to perceive vaguely)
- snasare verb (to perceive vaguely)
Japanese
1 entries- 嗅ぐ verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- txera verb (to perceive vaguely)
- txerá verb (to perceive vaguely)
Kazakh
1 entries- иіскеу verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Khmer
1 entries- ហិត verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Lao
1 entries- ສືບກິ່ນ verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Macedonian
1 entries- шмрка verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Mongolian
3 entries- тургих verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- шинших verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- үнэрлэх verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Māori
2 entries- pihongi verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- whakamono verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Norman
1 entries- r'niflier verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- شمه noun (instance of sniffing)
Polish
4 entries- niuchać verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- pociągać nosem verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- wybrzydzać verb (to be dismissive or contemptuous)
- węszyć verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Portuguese
4 entries- cheiradela noun (instance of sniffing)
- farejada noun (instance of sniffing)
- snifada noun (instance of sniffing)
- snifadela noun (instance of sniffing)
Quechua
1 entries- sinq'ay verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Russian
4 entries- сопение noun (instance of sniffing)
- шмы́гание noun (instance of sniffing)
- ню́хать verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- ню́хать verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- njȕšiti verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- њу̏шити verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Spanish
4 entries- olfateada noun (instance of sniffing)
- olfateo noun (instance of sniffing)
- olisqueo noun (instance of sniffing)
- aspirar verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
Swedish
2 entries- nosa verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- sniffa verb (to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose)
Thai
2 entries- ดม verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- สูด verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відчувати verb (to perceive vaguely)
- відчути verb (to perceive vaguely)
- крутити носом verb (to be dismissive or contemptuous)
- ню́хати verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngửi verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
Welsh
3 entries- ffroeni verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- ffroenochi verb (to make a short audible inhalation)
- ffroenochi verb (to be dismissive or contemptuous)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
Sniff, Rover was a good dog.
Source: tatoeba (2093453)
One sniff of that stuff was enough to make me sick.
Source: tatoeba (3022468)
Tom began to sniff.
Source: tatoeba (3723638)
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