re-sniff

A form of resniff — To sniff again.

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Meanings

verbre-sniff (third-person singular simple present re-sniffs, present participle re-sniffing, simple past and past participle re-sniffed)

present singular third person re-sniffs · participle present re-sniffing · participle past re-sniffed · past re-sniffed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of resniff.

    And to this day he claims to recall, to re-sniff the smell of fruit and vegetables as he approached that shop, more pungent, he thought, than that of an English fruiterer's.

    1946, Rupert Croft-Cooke, Ladies Gay, page 13
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    Baby T and Abraham come back into the window and Abraham is like real shook up and I'm not really paying too much attention to that cause I'm getting ready to get high now, I need to re-sniff another bag.

    2012, Felicia Joy Devine, This Walk Ain't Easy!: But, Help Is Along The Way, →ISBN, page 300
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APA

re-sniff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-sniff

MLA

“re-sniff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-sniff. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “re-sniff,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/re-sniff.

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