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noun
- any property detected by the olfactory system
- The sense of smell.
- an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
- a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- A distinctive smell.
- A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
- (figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
- (chiefly uncountable) A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
verb
- apply perfume to
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- cause to smell or be smelly
- (transitive) To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
- (ambitransitive) To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
- (transitive, figurative) To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
- To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
- (transitive) To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
noun
- any property detected by the olfactory system
- (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
- the act of perceiving the odor of something
- the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
- the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
verb
- inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
- emit an odor
- become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
- smell bad
- have an element suggestive (of something)
- (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
- (by extension) To detect or perceive; often with out.
- (by extension, intransitive, copulative) To smell of; to have a smell of
- (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
adj
noun
- (physiology) An assessment of a subject's ability to detect and distinguish odors.
- An inspection of an object using the sense of smell, as for freshness of food or cleanliness of clothing.
- (figurative) An informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety.
noun
verb
- inhale audibly through the nose
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.
- (intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
- (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
- (slang, chiefly UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
- (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
- (transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
- (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
intj
noun
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
- the charred portion of a candlewick
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
- The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
- (slang) A murder.
- (attributive, slang) A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
- Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
verb
- sniff or smell inquiringly
- inhale (something) through the nose
- (slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- To inhale through the nose.
- To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
adj
verb
- To smell; to sniff.
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- smoke and exhale strongly
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
adj
intj
noun
- (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
- Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- a short light gust of air
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
prefix
noun
- The sense of smell.
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- a small distance
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- An inspection of an object using the sense of smell, as for freshness of food or cleanliness of clothing.
- (physiology) An inspection of the nasal passages or a trial of their function, as for breathing difficulties or olfactory ability.
- (idiomatic) An informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety.
noun
verb
noun
noun
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- a strong liking
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
verb
- experience briefly
- perceive by the sense of taste
- distinguish flavors
- take a sample of
- have flavor; taste of something
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- To take sparingly.
- (transitive, figurative) To experience.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) An aroma or smell.
- (countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
- (uncountable) Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) An appealing or appetizing flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
- (uncountable) The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
verb
- (chiefly in the negative) To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
- To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
- To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
- To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
- To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
- have flavor; taste of something
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- give taste to
- taste appreciatively
noun
- (anatomy, countable) Initialism of olfactory receptor.
- (anatomy, countable) Initialism of odorant receptor.
- (sciences, uncountable) Initialism of operations research.
- (Philippines, accounting, business, countable) Initialism of official receipt.
- (military) Initialism of other ranks.
- (chiefly Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of original research.
- (healthcare, countable) Initialism of operating room.
- (sports, countable) Initialism of Olympic Record.
- (logic) The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
- a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
conj
name
noun
- any property detected by the olfactory system
- The sense of smell.
- an odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced
- a distinctive odor that is pleasant
- A distinctive smell.
- A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.
- (figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.
- (chiefly uncountable) A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.
verb
- apply perfume to
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- cause to smell or be smelly
- (transitive) To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.
- (ambitransitive) To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).
- (transitive, figurative) To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).
- To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.
- (transitive) To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.
noun
- any property detected by the olfactory system
- (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
- the act of perceiving the odor of something
- the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
- the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
verb
- inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
- emit an odor
- become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
- smell bad
- have an element suggestive (of something)
- (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
- (by extension) To detect or perceive; often with out.
- (by extension, intransitive, copulative) To smell of; to have a smell of
- (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
noun
- (physiology) An assessment of a subject's ability to detect and distinguish odors.
- An inspection of an object using the sense of smell, as for freshness of food or cleanliness of clothing.
- (figurative) An informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety.
noun
verb
- inhale audibly through the nose
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at.
- (intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.
- (transitive) To perceive vaguely.
- (slang, chiefly UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.
- (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
- (transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
- (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
intj
noun
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
- the charred portion of a candlewick
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
- The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
- (slang) A murder.
- (attributive, slang) A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
- Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
verb
- sniff or smell inquiringly
- inhale (something) through the nose
- (slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- To inhale through the nose.
- To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
adj
noun
- The sense of smell.
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- a small distance
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- An inspection of an object using the sense of smell, as for freshness of food or cleanliness of clothing.
- (physiology) An inspection of the nasal passages or a trial of their function, as for breathing difficulties or olfactory ability.
- (idiomatic) An informal method for determining whether something is authentic, credible, or ethical, by using one's common sense or sense of propriety.
noun
noun
- a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
- a strong liking
- delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values)
- a brief experience of something
- the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
- the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
- a small amount eaten or drunk
- A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.
- The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation.
- Personal preference; liking; predilection.
- (figuratively) A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole.
- (countable and uncountable) A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc.
- One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation.
- A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs.
verb
- experience briefly
- perceive by the sense of taste
- distinguish flavors
- take a sample of
- have flavor; taste of something
- have a distinctive or characteristic taste
- To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.
- (transitive) To sample the flavor of something orally.
- (intransitive, copulative) To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished.
- (transitive) To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally.
- To take sparingly.
- (transitive, figurative) To experience.
adj
noun
verb
noun
- (countable) An aroma or smell.
- (countable) A distinctive sensation like a flavour or taste, or an aroma or smell.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) A quality which is appealing or enjoyable; merit, value.
- (uncountable) Enjoyment or taste for something; appreciation; pleasure; relish; (countable) an instance of this.
- (countable) A particular quality, especially a small amount of it; a hint or trace of something.
- (countable, chiefly in the negative) An appealing or appetizing flavour, especially one which is savoury or strong.
- (uncountable) The quality which the sense of taste detects; also (countable), a specific flavour or taste, especially one different from the predominant one.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
verb
- (chiefly in the negative) To find (something) appealing; to appreciate, to like.
- To enjoy (something) deeply or in a lingering manner; to appreciate, to delight in, to relish.
- To detect (a flavour or taste, or food or drink); to taste; specifically, to enjoy or linger on (a flavour or taste, or food and drink); to relish.
- To possess a particular (often negative) quality, especially a small amount of it; to be redolent or suggestive of.
- To give (food or drink) flavour; to flavour, to season.
- have flavor; taste of something
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in
- give taste to
- taste appreciatively
noun
- (anatomy, countable) Initialism of olfactory receptor.
- (anatomy, countable) Initialism of odorant receptor.
- (sciences, uncountable) Initialism of operations research.
- (Philippines, accounting, business, countable) Initialism of official receipt.
- (military) Initialism of other ranks.
- (chiefly Wikimedia jargon) Initialism of original research.
- (healthcare, countable) Initialism of operating room.
- (sports, countable) Initialism of Olympic Record.
- (logic) The binary operator inclusive or, true if one at least one of two inputs is true. In infix notation.
- a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
conj
name
verb
- To smell; to sniff.
- To say (something) with an exhalation of breath.
- (video games) In fighting games, to execute a move that fails to hit the opponent.
- (US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.
- To carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air; to blow, puff, or waft away.
- (fishing) To catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat.
- (US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.
- To inhale or exhale (smoke from tobacco, etc.) from a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement; to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff.
- (by extension) To fail spectacularly.
- To be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air; to waft.
- To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.
- To smoke a cigarette, pipe, or other smoking implement.
- To move in a way that causes a light gust of air, or a whistling sound.
- To give off or have an unpleasant smell; to stink.
- strike out by swinging and missing the pitch charged as the third
- utter with a puff of air
- perceive by inhaling through the nose
- smoke and exhale strongly
- drive or carry as if by a puff of air
adj
intj
noun
- (sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.
- A flag used as a signal.
- A characteristic quality of something; a flavour, a savour, a taste.
- A sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle.
- A short inhalation or exhalation of breath, especially when accompanied by smoke from a cigarette or pipe.
- A slight attack or touch.
- A small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.; specifically (obsolete), chiefly in take the whiff: a puff of tobacco smoke.
- An odour (usually unpleasant) carried briefly through the air.
- A brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air; a waft.
- (baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.
- (nautical) An outrigged boat for one person propelled by oar.
- Any of a number of flatfish such as (dated) the lemon sole (Microstomus kitt) and now, especially, the megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) and (with a descriptive word) a species of large-tooth flounder or sand flounder (family Paralichthyidae).
- A slight sign of something; a burst, a glimpse, a hint.
- a short light gust of air
- a lefteye flounder found in coastal waters from New England to Brazil
- a strikeout resulting from the batter swinging at and missing the ball for the third strike
noun
- any property detected by the olfactory system
- (physiology) The sense that detects odours.
- the act of perceiving the odor of something
- the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents
- the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- A conclusion or intuition that a situation is wrong, more complex than it seems, or otherwise inappropriate.
- A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
verb
- inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
- emit an odor
- become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
- smell bad
- have an element suggestive (of something)
- (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
- (by extension) To detect or perceive; often with out.
- (by extension, intransitive, copulative) To smell of; to have a smell of
- (intransitive, without a modifier) To smell bad; to stink.
- (intransitive, copulative) Followed by like or of if descriptive: to have a particular smell, whether good or bad.
- (intransitive, figurative) To have a particular tincture or smack of any quality; to savour.
noun
- sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose
- the charred portion of a candlewick
- finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose
- a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time
- The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
- Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
- (slang) A murder.
- (attributive, slang) A film or video clip which involves a real non-acted murder.
- Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
- A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
- Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or beneath the tongue.
- The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which must be periodically removed).
verb
- sniff or smell inquiringly
- inhale (something) through the nose
- (slang) To snuff out; to extinguish; to put out; to kill.
- To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
- To inhale through the nose.
- To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.