sniff

Other forms of sniff

plural

sniffs·

past tense

sniffed·

present participle

sniffing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sniff

What does sniff mean?

sniff means "perceive by inhaling through the nose". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sniff?

sniff has 1 syllable: sniff. In IPA it is /ˈsnɪf/.

What is another word for sniff?

Close synonyms include whiff, sniffle, snuff. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sniff a common word?

sniff is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.