Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sniffer dog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: snif-fer- -dog
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A police dog trained to sniff out illegal goods such as drugs or explosives.

Example Sentences

"Network Rail has introduced sniffer dogs to try to reduce the theft of signalling cables in the North West."

Inflected Forms

sniffer dogs (plural)

Synonyms

detection dog

Questions

What does sniffer dog mean?: A police dog trained to sniff out illegal goods such as drugs or explosives.

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