0 past simple and past 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.
The same would apparently be true of the many other products that can be "sniffed".
It is sniffed at when it requests investment.
We expect it to yield savings of more than £12 million in a full year, and that is not to be sniffed at.
It abstained for the past two years because it sniffed an election coming.
They can be sniffed directly from a can, tin or bottle, or aerosols can be sprayed directly into the mouth or nose.
They can either be sniffed directly from their containers, mixed with drinks or, in the case of aerosols, sprayed directly into the mouth or nose.
Substances that can be sniffed for one sort of kick or another are found in a wide variety of common household goods.
There are already available alternatives to many solvent-based products, which cannot be sniffed.
