Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snoof

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snoof
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sniff around, usually in the search for food.

adj

Having lost the sense of smell.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Luckily, they're all ‘snoof’." "What?" said Michael […]. "It's a portmanteau syllable for 'Got no sense of smell to speak of.' And wanted, too. One says 'deaf,' 'blind,' 'dumb'—why not ‘snoof’?""
"[…] it means when a person lacks his sense of smell. I'm glad I'm not snoof."
"And the word "snoof" has been brought forth (by an analogy with "deaf") to describe someone who is devoid of, or deficient in, the sense of smell."
"My mother-in-law, Louise Field Cooper, used the word snoof to convey some of this meaning, as in “he has such a bad cold he's gone totally snoof."

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of sniff or snuff; or perhaps a blend of snort + sniff.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

snoofs (present, singular) snoofing (participle, present) snoofed (participle, past) snoofed (past) more snoof (comparative) most snoof (superlative)

Questions

What does snoof mean?: To sniff around, usually in the search for food.
Where does snoof come from?: Perhaps an alteration of sniff or snuff; or perhaps a blend of snort + sniff.

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