"niff" meaning in English

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      "form": "niffs",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "text": "Whew, there's a bit of a niff in here. Is that your socks?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Nick Arnold, Horrible Science: Body Owner's Handbook, page 159:",
          "text": "Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the smelly man. Soon afterwards, a nosy motel receptionist noticed a nasty niff from a new guest.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A bad smell."
      ],
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        "(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A bad smell."
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        "Ireland",
        "UK",
        "informal"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪf"
    }
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  "word": "niff"
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    {
      "form": "niffs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "niffing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niffed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "niffed",
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        "past"
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "niffy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To smell bad; to stink."
      ],
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          "stink",
          "stink"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To smell bad; to stink."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "niff-naff"
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          "word": "niff-naffy"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪf"
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  "word": "niff"
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        "plural"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Irish English",
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        {
          "text": "Whew, there's a bit of a niff in here. Is that your socks?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Nick Arnold, Horrible Science: Body Owner's Handbook, page 159:",
          "text": "Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the smelly man. Soon afterwards, a nosy motel receptionist noticed a nasty niff from a new guest.",
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      ],
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        "A bad smell."
      ],
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          "smell",
          "smell"
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        "(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A bad smell."
      ],
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    {
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  "word": "niff"
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    {
      "word": "niffy"
    }
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        "present",
        "singular",
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      "form": "niffing",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "niffed",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "niffed",
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  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "niff-naff"
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    {
      "word": "niff-naffy"
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  "senses": [
    {
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        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To smell bad; to stink."
      ],
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        [
          "stink",
          "stink"
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      ],
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        "(informal) To smell bad; to stink."
      ],
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        "informal"
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    {
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  "word": "niff"
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