sniff

verb1 of 3

to smell by short intakes of air.

• “The cat sniffed the new food and rejected it.”Tatoeba
• “One sniff of that stuff was enough to make me sick.”Tatoeba

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noun2 of 3

A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose

interjection3 of 3

A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.