Sekirov Dictionary

snifter

UK /ˈsnɪftə/US /ˈsnɪftəɹ/

noun 7
verb 2
forms 3

noun7

A small, wide, pear-shaped glass used for drinking aromatic liquors such as bourbon and brandy.
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(informal) Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter might hold”)
- "Sit down, bo," invited Soup Face. "I guess you're a regular all right. Here, have a snifter?" and he pulled a flask from his side pocket, holding it toward The Oskaloosa Kid. — 1917
(Scotland, Northern-England) A sniff.
(US, slang) A small amount of cocaine taken by inhaling through the nose.
(US, slang) Synonym of cocaine addict; a sniffer.
(slang, figurative) A handheld device used to detect signals from radio transmitters; a sniffer.
(Scotland, figurative) A strong or severe wind.

verb2

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To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
- Brouffer. To snurt, or snifter vvith the nose, like a horse. — 1611
(no longer used, rare) Followed by out: to speak (words) in a nasal, snuffling manner.

forms

sniftered · sniftering · snifters

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