приню́хиваться — meaning in English

English meaning

• sniff verb To inhale audibly through the nose, often to smell something.
• whiff noun A brief smell carried through the air, or a light gust of air.

Senses

приню́хиваться is used for these senses in English:

• sniff (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
• whiff To breathe in or sniff (an odour); to smell.

sniff — full definition

1. verb To inhale audibly through the nose, often to smell something.
2. verb To treat something with scorn or suspicion — used with "at."
3. noun An act of sniffing, or a small hint of something.

whiff — full definition

1. noun A brief smell carried through the air, or a light gust of air.
2. noun A slight hint or trace of something.

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