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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "re-sniff"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sniff around"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sniffing-the-morning-air position"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sniff out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sniff up"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sudden sniffing death syndrome"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sniffing position"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sniffle"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "הִסְנִיף",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "hisníf"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: הִסְנִיף (hisníf)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: הִסְנִיף (hisníf)"
},
{
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "sniffare",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: sniffare",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: sniffare"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "snifar",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: snifar",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: snifar"
},
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "esnifar",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: esnifar",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: esnifar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "esnifar",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: esnifar",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: esnifar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "sniffa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: sniffa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: sniffa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "sniffer",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: sniffer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ French: sniffer"
}
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "sniffen"
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"expansion": "Middle English sniffen",
"name": "inh"
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"1": "en",
"title": "imitative"
},
"expansion": "imitative",
"name": "onomatopoeic"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin.",
"forms": [
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"form": "sniffs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "sniffing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
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{
"form": "sniffed",
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"expansion": "sniff (third-person singular simple present sniffs, present participle sniffing, simple past and past participle sniffed)",
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something."
],
"id": "en-sniff-en-verb-pBtrCZ40",
"links": [
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"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
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"intransitive"
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[
"short",
"short"
],
[
"audible",
"audible"
],
[
"inhalation",
"inhalation"
],
[
"nose",
"nose"
],
[
"smell",
"smell"
]
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something."
],
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"transitive"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "fsfsal",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ֆսֆսալ"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʻnčʻacʻnel",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "փնչացնել"
},
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"code": "hy",
"english": "to smell",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hototel",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "հոտոտել"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njúxacʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ню́хаць"
},
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"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "be",
"english": "to sniff noisily",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šmórhacʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шмо́ргаць"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "duša",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "душа"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomirisvam",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "помирисвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ensumar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiù",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "嗅"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nuuhkaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nuuhkia"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nuuskia (repetitively)"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "renifler"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nifrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "schnüffeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "for reptiles",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "züngeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "szippant"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "szimatol"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "haissella"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "annusare"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "fiutare"
},
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"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"alt": "かぐ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kagu",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "嗅ぐ"
},
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"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "iıskeu",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "иіскеу"
},
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"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "hət",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ហិត"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sư̄p kin",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ສືບກິ່ນ"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "whakamono"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "pihongi"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ünerlex",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "үнэрлэх"
},
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"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šinšix",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "шинших"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "turgix",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "тургих"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "r'niflier"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "pl",
"english": "smell about",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "węszyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "pl",
"english": "smell",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "niuchać"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "pl",
"english": "make noises because of a runny nose",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "pociągać nosem"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "farejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "sinq'ay"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šmýgatʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шмы́гать"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"english": "to sniff noisily",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šmygnútʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "шмыгну́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "njúxatʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ню́хать"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponjúxatʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поню́хать"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinjúxivatʹsja",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приню́хиваться"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "ru",
"english": "smell about",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinjúxatʹsja",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приню́хаться"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "њу̏шити"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "njȕšiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "olfatear"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "olisquear"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "oliscar"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nosa"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dom",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ดม"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sùut",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "สูด"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "njúxaty",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ню́хати"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"code": "uk",
"english": "to sniff noisily",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čmýxaty",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чми́хати"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 2 2 2 1 4 6",
"alt": "𬹯",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ngửi"
}
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"ref": "1952, Isabelle Hughes, Lorena Telforth, page 223:",
"text": "I don't know, of course, what your precious Radicals are planning to do, and I don't want to know; but I can sniff trouble in the air, nevertheless.",
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"To perceive vaguely."
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"ref": "1882, Henry Herman, Henry Arthur Jones, The Silver King:",
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"ref": "1980, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, directors, Airplane!, spoken by Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges):",
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"ref": "2008, Tammy Anderson, Neither Villain nor Victim:",
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"inhalation#English"
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[
"cry",
"cry#English"
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"Canada",
"General-American",
"General-Australian",
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"Canada",
"General-American",
"General-Australian",
"Received-Pronunciation"
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{
"ipa": "/snəf/",
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"New-Zealand"
]
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-au-sniff.ogg/En-au-sniff.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-au-sniff.ogg"
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"Terms with Belarusian translations",
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"Terms with Finnish translations",
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"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Ingrian translations",
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"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Kabuverdianu translations",
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"Terms with Khmer translations",
"Terms with Lao translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Maori translations",
"Terms with Mongolian translations",
"Terms with Norman translations",
"Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
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"Terms with Russian translations",
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"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Thai translations",
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"en:Smell"
],
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{
"word": "re-sniff"
},
{
"word": "sniff around"
},
{
"word": "sniffing position"
},
{
"word": "sniffing-the-morning-air position"
},
{
"word": "sniffle"
},
{
"word": "sniff out"
},
{
"word": "sniff up"
},
{
"word": "sudden sniffing death syndrome"
}
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"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "הִסְנִיף",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "hisníf"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: הִסְנִיף (hisníf)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: הִסְנִיף (hisníf)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "sniffare",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Italian: sniffare",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Italian: sniffare"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "snifar",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Portuguese: snifar",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Portuguese: snifar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "esnifar",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: esnifar",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: esnifar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ca",
"2": "esnifar",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Catalan: esnifar",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Catalan: esnifar"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "sniffa",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: sniffa",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: sniffa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "sniffer",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ French: sniffer",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "sniffen"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"title": "imitative"
},
"expansion": "imitative",
"name": "onomatopoeic"
}
],
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{
"form": "sniffs",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sniffing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sniffed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sniffed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "sniff (third-person singular simple present sniffs, present participle sniffing, simple past and past participle sniffed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "I sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
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[
"short",
"short"
],
[
"audible",
"audible"
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[
"inhalation",
"inhalation"
],
[
"nose",
"nose"
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[
"smell",
"smell"
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"(transitive, intransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "\"He's never coming back, is he?\" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt."
],
"links": [
[
"say",
"say"
],
[
"illness",
"illness"
],
[
"unhappiness",
"unhappiness"
],
[
"contempt",
"contempt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1952, Isabelle Hughes, Lorena Telforth, page 223:",
"text": "I don't know, of course, what your precious Radicals are planning to do, and I don't want to know; but I can sniff trouble in the air, nevertheless.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perceive vaguely."
],
"links": [
[
"perceive",
"perceive"
],
[
"vaguely",
"vaguely"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To perceive vaguely."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1882, Henry Herman, Henry Arthur Jones, The Silver King:",
"text": "COOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?",
"type": "quote"
}
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"glosses": [
"To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner."
],
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"pry",
"pry"
],
[
"investigate",
"investigate"
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"(intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "This opportunity is not to be sniffed at.",
"type": "example"
}
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"To be dismissive or contemptuous of something; used with at."
],
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"dismissive",
"dismissive"
],
[
"contemptuous",
"contemptuous"
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]
},
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"categories": [
"English terms with collocations",
"en:Computing"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "packet sniffer",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network."
],
"links": [
[
"computing",
"computing#Noun"
],
[
"intercept",
"intercept"
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[
"analyse",
"analyse"
],
[
"packet",
"packet"
],
[
"data",
"data"
],
[
"transmit",
"transmit"
],
[
"network",
"network"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network."
],
"topics": [
"computing",
"engineering",
"mathematics",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1980, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, directors, Airplane!, spoken by Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges):",
"text": "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form."
],
"links": [
[
"inhale",
"inhale"
],
[
"drug",
"drug"
],
[
"cocaine",
"cocaine"
],
[
"nose",
"nose"
],
[
"powder",
"powder"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, chiefly UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"slang"
]
}
],
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"enpr": "snĭf",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American",
"General-Australian",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/snɪf/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"General-American",
"General-Australian",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/snəf/",
"tags": [
"New-Zealand"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-au-sniff.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-au-sniff.ogg/En-au-sniff.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-au-sniff.ogg"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɪf"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "fsfsal",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ֆսֆսալ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʻnčʻacʻnel",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "փնչացնել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"english": "to smell",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hototel",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "հոտոտել"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njúxacʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ню́хаць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"english": "to sniff noisily",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šmórhacʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шмо́ргаць"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "duša",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "душа"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "pomirisvam",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "помирисвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ensumar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiù",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "嗅"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nuuhkaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nuuhkia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nuuskia (repetitively)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "renifler"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nifrar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "schnüffeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "for reptiles",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "züngeln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "szippant"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "szimatol"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "haissella"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "annusare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "fiutare"
},
{
"alt": "かぐ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kagu",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "嗅ぐ"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "iıskeu",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "иіскеу"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "hət",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ហិត"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sư̄p kin",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ສືບກິ່ນ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "whakamono"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "pihongi"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ünerlex",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "үнэрлэх"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "šinšix",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "шинших"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "turgix",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "тургих"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "r'niflier"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "smell about",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "węszyć"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "smell",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "niuchać"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"english": "make noises because of a runny nose",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "pociągać nosem"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "farejar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "sinq'ay"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šmýgatʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "шмы́гать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "to sniff noisily",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šmygnútʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "шмыгну́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "njúxatʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ню́хать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ponjúxatʹ",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "поню́хать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinjúxivatʹsja",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приню́хиваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "smell about",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prinjúxatʹsja",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "приню́хаться"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "њу̏шити"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "njȕšiti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "olfatear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "olisquear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "oliscar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "nosa"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "dom",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ดม"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sùut",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "สูด"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "njúxaty",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ню́хати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"english": "to sniff noisily",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čmýxaty",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чми́хати"
},
{
"alt": "𬹯",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to make a short audible inhalation",
"word": "ngửi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "once",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to say something while sniffing",
"word": "niiskauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "repeatedly",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to say something while sniffing",
"word": "niiskuttaa"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "čucʹ",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чуць"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"word": "haistaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"word": "aavistaa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"word": "odorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"word": "snasare"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"word": "txera"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"word": "txerá"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čújatʹ",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чу́ять"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "počújatʹ",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "почу́ять"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidčuvaty",
"sense": "to perceive vaguely",
"tags": [
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"word": "відчувати"
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"word": "відчути"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be dismissive or contemptuous",
"word": "nyrpistellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be dismissive or contemptuous",
"word": "nyrpistää nenäänsä"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to be dismissive or contemptuous",
"word": "fintorog"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be dismissive or contemptuous",
"word": "fanyalog"
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"sense": "to be dismissive or contemptuous",
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"word": "wybrzydzać"
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "to be dismissive or contemptuous",
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"word": "фы́ркать"
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"sense": "to be dismissive or contemptuous",
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"word": "фы́ркнуть"
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"sense": "to be dismissive or contemptuous",
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"word": "крутити носом"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "computing: to intercept and analyse packets of data",
"word": "nuuskia"
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"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "njúxacʹ",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
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"word": "ню́хаць"
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"roman": "smǎrkam",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "nuuskata"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "vetää nenään"
},
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "vetää viiva"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "nifrar"
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hisníf",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
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"word": "הִסְנִיף"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "tirare"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "cheirar"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "snifar"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "njúxatʹ",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
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"word": "ню́хать"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "esnifar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "ñatear"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
"word": "sniffa"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "njúxaty",
"sense": "to inhale drugs in powder form through the nose",
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"ref": "2021 December 18, “The billionaire battle for the metaverse”, in The Economist, →ISSN:",
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"word": "смъркане"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "instance of sniffing",
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "instance of sniffing",
"word": "szippantás"
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"word": "شمه"
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"sense": "instance of sniffing",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "scratch and sniff"
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"ref": "2009, Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book, page 28:",
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