snift
/snɪft/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To snivel.
verb
To cause a snift; to release pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine or bottling equipment.
noun
A deliberate release of pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine, or bottling equipment.
Example Sentences
- "An' if thou'll make a shift effort To tak thi time a bit, owd lass, Thou's have him in a snift!"
- "An ' if thou'll make a shift To tak thi time a bit, owd lass, Thou's have him in a snift!”"
- "Good Lorjus, Meary ! theawrt so hasty; so I clum th' steeigh in o snift, shoavt th' awts eawt, an smackt me riddle oth' hoyle."
- "He frowned, and sent snifts of snow and symptoms of rain that dampened the ardor of the golf contingent and made things murky and dreary outside."
- "Mingled labdanum w'fine snift of myrrh, to enhaunt her nautical J-chamois"
- "[S]he, also, entered, and coming pretty close to my Father, snifted at her Flowers with a sort of extatic eagerness, and then let them fall."
Etymology
Usage
- British usage
- Countable
- Obsolete
- Uncountable