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re-sniff en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of resniff.
    alt 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:
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
re-sniffs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
re-sniffed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
re-sniffed Tense=Past lexicographic
re-sniffing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic