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Definition of Snift
1. v. i. To snort.
2. n. A moment.
Definition of Snift
1. Noun. (UK dialect) A moment. ¹
2. Noun. (UK dialect uncountable) Slight snow; sleet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snift
1. to sniff [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sniff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snift
Literary usage of Snift
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"... to smell, properly to draw up air through the nose, to snift. Fleet. The meanings
of fleet are very numerous, but they may probably all be derived from ..."
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