Usually means: Inhaling air to detect smells.
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  1. sniffs: Merriam-Webster
  2. sniffs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. sniffs: Vocabulary.com
  4. Sniffs, sniffs: Wordnik
  5. sniffs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. sniffs: Wiktionary
  7. sniffs: Dictionary.com
  8. sniffs: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. sniffs: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sniffs: Encyclopedia

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  1. sniffs: Idioms

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  1. Sniffs, sniffs: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sniff)

verb:  (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
verb:  (transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
verb:  (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
verb:  (intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
verb:  To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.
verb:  (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
verb:  (slang, chiefly UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
noun:  (countable) An instance of sniffing.
noun:  (countable) A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose.
noun:  (countable, colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.
noun:  (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
noun:  (countable, slang) A toddler or young child.
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