0 present participle of sniff --
1 to smell something by taking air in through your nose: --
[ + speech ] "They didn't even serve wine at dinner!" she sniffed.
You're sniffing a lot - do you have a cold?
He was expelled from school for sniffing glue (= taking in the gas from glue because of the feelings of pleasure that this gives).
Dogs are sometimes used at airports to sniff out (= find by smelling) drugs in people's luggage.
Dogs love sniffing each other.
Peer group pressure is powerful, and solvent sniffing is widespread.
My information from contacts in my constituency is that youngsters are indulging in sniffing not only glue but paint remover, hair lacquer and petrol.
It is estimated that 750,000 of our children have tried sniffing solvents, thereby putting their lives at risk.
Of course, during biological studies in schools teachers draw attention to the dangers of sniffing solvents and gas fuels.
Another problem is that sniffing is a natural action for dogs so even if their sense of smell is impaired this will be hard for a handler to determine.
Here was the scent of monopoly: the government had no trouble sniffing out a manufacturers' cabal to fix output and wages, and deprive workers of their pleasures.
Sniffing neuropeptides: a transnasal approach to the human brain.
Most interactions involved anogenital sniffing, following and chasing.
