sniff
verb/snɪf/
Frequency rank: #8,253 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to draw air audibly through the nose in order to smell something.
Example sentence
The dog began to sniff the stranger's shoes curiously.
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