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  7  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sniff  \Sniff\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sniffed}or  {Snift};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Sniffing}.]  [OE.  sneven;  akin  to  snivel,  snuff;  cf 
  Dan.  snive  to  sniff.  See  {Snuff},  v.  t.] 
  To  draw  air  audibly  up  the  nose;  to  snuff;  --  sometimes  done 
  as  a  gesture  of  suspicion,  offense,  or  contempt. 
 
  So  ye  grow  squeamish,  gods,  and  sniff  at  heaven.  --M. 
  Arnold. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sniff  \Sniff\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  draw  in  with  the  breath  through  the  nose;  as  to  sniff 
  the  air  of  the  country. 
 
  2.  To  perceive  as  by  sniffing;  to  snuff,  to  scent;  to  smell; 
  as  to  sniff  danger. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sniff  \Sniff\,  n. 
  The  act  of  sniffing;  perception  by  sniffing;  that  which  is 
  taken  by  sniffing;  as  a  sniff  of  air. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sniff 
  n  :  sensing  an  odor  by  inhaling  through  the  nose  [syn:  {snuff}] 
  v  1:  draw  air  audibly  up  the  nose  [syn:  {whiff}] 
  2:  inhale  audibly  [syn:  {sniffle}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  sniff  v.,n.  1.  To  watch  IP  packets  traversing  a  local  network. 
  Most  often  in  the  phrase  `packet  sniffer',  a  program  for  doing  same 
  2.Synonym  for  {poll}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Sniff 
 
  A  {C++}/{C}  programming  environment  providing  browsing, 
  cross-referencing,  design  visualisation,  documentation  and 
  editing  support.  Developed  by  UBS  Switzerland  and  marketed  by 
  takeFive  Salzburg 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  sniff 
 
  {poll} 
 
 




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