ню́хать — meaning in English

English meaning

• huff noun A fit of annoyance or offended pride.
• nuzzle verb To press your nose, face or head firmly against something.
• smell noun A sensation caused by breathing in odor particles, pleasant or unpleasant.
• sniff verb To inhale audibly through the nose, often to smell something.

Senses

ню́хать is used for these senses in English:

• huff (transitive) To inhale psychoactive inhalants. [from the 20th c.]
• nuzzle Often followed by in or into: to press or push the nose or snout, mouth, face, etc., against or into someone or something; to touch someone or something with the nose or snout, etc.
• smell (transitive) To sense a smell or smells.
• sniff (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
• sniff (slang, primarily, UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.

huff — full definition

1. noun A fit of annoyance or offended pride.
2. verb To breathe out heavily, especially in annoyance or exertion.
3. verb To react with irritation or wounded pride.
4. verb (slang) To inhale a substance, especially a solvent, to get high.

nuzzle — full definition

1. verb To press your nose, face or head firmly against something.
2. verb To touch or rub (someone or something) using the nose, face, or similar, or with an object.
3. verb Of an animal: to use its nose to dig something, usually food, out of the ground.
4. verb To push your nose or face into someone or something in a gentle, affectionate way.

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