Usually means: Inhale sharply through the nose.
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  1. snift: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. snift: Wordnik
  3. snift: Wiktionary
  4. Snift: Dictionary.com
  5. Snift: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Snift: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. snift: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Snift: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. snift: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. snift: Free Dictionary
  11. snift: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. Snift: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Snift: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (snift)

noun:  (UK dialectal, Lancashire, obsolete) A moment; a while.
noun:  (UK dialectal, uncountable) A light dusting, as of snow.
verb:  (now dialectal) To sniff; to snort or snuff.
verb:  To snivel.
verb:  To cause a snift; to release pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine or bottling equipment.
noun:  A deliberate release of pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine, or bottling equipment.

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