resniff

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Definition of resniff

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To sniff again.
    “This apparently left the Colonial Office unmoved for it merely resniffed that no guns could be supplied from Great Britain because treaties with Egypt prevented guns from being shipped through the Suez Canal and that all available R.A.F. planes were engaged in the Berlin Airlift.”
    “She'd hop around, resniff the smell from different angles, then take a tentative swipe at it, upending a dollop of turf.”
    “But like smoothing down velvet to watch it change color from light to dark,I notice as I reapply and resniff Sous le Vent that its complexity comes through with spicy, powdery carnation and the inimitable Guerlain vanilla touched with amber.”

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Etymology

From re- + sniff.

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