"resniff" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: resniffs [present, singular, third-person], resniffing [participle, present], resniffed [participle, past], resniffed [past]
Etymology: re- + sniff Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|sniff}} re- + sniff Head templates: {{en-verb}} resniff (third-person singular simple present resniffs, present participle resniffing, simple past and past participle resniffed)
  1. To sniff again. Synonyms: re-sniff
    Sense id: en-resniff-en-verb-bY77xWqZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with re-

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Download JSON data for resniff meaning in English (2.1kB)

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          "ref": "1973, Norman Cleaveland, Bang! Bang! in Ampang: Dredging Tin During Malaya's \"emergency.\"",
          "text": "This apparently left the Colonial Office unmoved for it merely resniffed that no guns could be supplied from Great Britain because treaties with Egypt prevented guns from being shipped through the Suez Canal and that all available R.A.F. planes were engaged in the Berlin Airlift.",
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          "ref": "2010, Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know",
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          "ref": "2013, Barbara Herman, Scent and Subversion: Decoding a Century of Provocative Perfume",
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          "text": "This apparently left the Colonial Office unmoved for it merely resniffed that no guns could be supplied from Great Britain because treaties with Egypt prevented guns from being shipped through the Suez Canal and that all available R.A.F. planes were engaged in the Berlin Airlift.",
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          "ref": "2010, Alexandra Horowitz, Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know",
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