See snifter on Wiktionary
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To ſnurt, or ſnifter vvith the noſe, like a horſe.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Nifler”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature Kkk, recto, column 1:", "text": "Nifler. To ſnifter, or ſnuffe vp ſniuell; to dravv it vp by dravving in the vvind.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1835, James Hogg, “Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of an Edinburgh Baillie, Written by Himself”, in Tales of the Wars of Montrose. […], volume I, London: James Cochrane and Co. 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"ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "sunifutā", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "スニフター" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 69 11 2 11 4", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "sunifutāgurasu", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "スニフターグラス" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 69 11 2 11 4", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "burandēgurasu", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "ブランデーグラス" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 69 11 2 11 4", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "teisutingugurasu", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "テイスティンググラス" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 69 11 2 11 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rjúmka", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "рю́мка" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 69 11 2 11 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "coñaquera" }, { "_dis1": "3 0 69 11 2 11 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ 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Here, have a snifter?\" and he pulled a flask from his side pocket, holding it toward The Oskaloosa Kid.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1923 June, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Début of Battling Billson”, in Ukridge, London: Herbert Jenkins […], published 3 June 1924, →OCLC, page 56:", "text": "And now, old horse, you may lead me across the street to the Coal Hole for a short snifter.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (sense 2.2) might hold”)" ], "id": "en-snifter-en-noun-vA4QVeG5", "links": [ [ "nip", "nip#Noun" ], [ "amount", "amount#Noun" ], [ "alcoholic", "alcoholic#Adjective" ], [ "beverage", "beverage" ], [ "equivalent", "equivalent#Adjective" ], [ "hold", "hold#Verb" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(figurative)", "(originally US, informal) Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (sense 2.2) might hold”)" ], "synonyms": [ { "extra": "(“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (sense 2.2) might hold”)", "tags": [ "synonym", "synonym-of" ], "word": "nip" } ], "tags": [ "figuratively", "informal" ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "American English", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "12 7 6 6 26 2 21 4 16", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 7 9 9 21 5 22 5 11", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms suffixed with -er (verbal frequentative)", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "14 10 3 2 33 1 12 2 22", "kind": "other", "name": "Entries with translation boxes", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "12 8 6 4 27 2 21 3 17", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "12 9 6 2 28 1 22 2 18", "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 7 8 7 28 5 19 3 12", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Armenian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 8 8 8 25 5 19 4 14", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 8 8 7 24 5 20 3 13", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Chuvash translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 7 8 7 29 4 19 3 13", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Finnish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "14 10 5 5 29 2 15 5 15", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with French translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "13 9 5 4 29 2 14 4 19", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with German translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 8 8 7 26 4 18 4 15", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "12 8 5 4 32 2 15 4 17", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Italian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "13 9 5 4 27 2 16 5 18", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Japanese translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "15 11 5 4 26 2 15 4 17", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Russian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "14 10 5 4 29 2 16 4 17", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Spanish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 8 8 7 28 5 19 3 12", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Swedish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 8 8 7 24 5 20 3 13", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Turkish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 8 8 7 24 5 20 3 13", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 7 8 7 28 5 19 3 12", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Uzbek translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "Synonym of cocaine addict; 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Here, have a snifter?\" and he pulled a flask from his side pocket, holding it toward The Oskaloosa Kid.", "type": "quote" }, { "ref": "1923 June, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Début of Battling Billson”, in Ukridge, London: Herbert Jenkins […], published 3 June 1924, →OCLC, page 56:", "text": "And now, old horse, you may lead me across the street to the Coal Hole for a short snifter.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (sense 2.2) might hold”)" ], "links": [ [ "nip", "nip#Noun" ], [ "amount", "amount#Noun" ], [ "alcoholic", "alcoholic#Adjective" ], [ "beverage", "beverage" ], [ "equivalent", "equivalent#Adjective" ], [ "hold", "hold#Verb" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(figurative)", "(originally US, informal) Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (sense 2.2) might hold”)" ], "synonyms": [ { "extra": "(“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter (sense 2.2) might hold”)", "tags": [ "synonym", "synonym-of" ], "word": "nip" } ], "tags": [ "figuratively", "informal" ] }, { "categories": [ "American English", "English slang" ], "glosses": [ "Synonym of cocaine addict; 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a sniffer." ], "tags": [ "US", "figuratively", "slang" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˈsnɪftə/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snifter.wav", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snifter.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snifter.wav.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/10/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snifter.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-snifter.wav.ogg" }, { "ipa": "/ˈsnɪftəɹ/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "rhymes": "-ɪftə(ɹ)" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "əmpanak", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "ըմպանակ" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "čaša za konjak", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "чаша за коняк" }, { "code": "cv", "lang": "Chuvash", "roman": "čerkke", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "черкке" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "aromilasi" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ballon" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "pipe à cognac" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "verre à cognac" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Kognakglas" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Kognakschwenker" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Nosing-Glas" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "כוס ברנדי סניפטר" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "snifter" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "napoleone" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "sunifutā", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "スニフター" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "sunifutāgurasu", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "スニフターグラス" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "burandēgurasu", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "ブランデーグラス" }, { "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "teisutingugurasu", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "テイスティンググラス" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "rjúmka", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "рю́мка" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "coñaquera" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "copa balón" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "copa de brandy" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "copa de coñac" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "konjakskupa" }, { "code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "brendi bardağı" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "čárka", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ча́рка" }, { "code": "uz", "lang": "Uzbek", "sense": "small, wide, pear-shaped glass", "word": "ryumka" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "small amount of cocaine taken by inhaling through the nose", "word": "annos" } ], "word": "snifter" }
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