Snift

/snɪft/ · noun

Meaning

(UK dialectal, Lancashire, obsolete) A moment; a while..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK dialectal, Lancashire, obsolete) A moment; a while.
2. (UK dialectal, uncountable) A light dusting, as of snow.
3. (now dialectal) To sniff; to snort or snuff.
4. To snivel.
5. To cause a snift; to release pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine or bottling equipment.
6. A deliberate release of pressure and vapor, such as from a steam engine, or bottling equipment.

Example Sentences

An' if thou'll make a shift effort To tak thi time a bit, owd lass, Thou's have him in a snift!

An ' if thou'll make a shift To tak thi time a bit, owd lass, Thou's have him in a snift!”

Good Lorjus, Meary ! theawrt so hasty; so I clum th' steeigh in o snift, shoavt th' awts eawt, an smackt me riddle oth' hoyle.

He frowned, and sent snifts of snow and symptoms of rain that dampened the ardor of the golf contingent and made things murky and dreary outside.

Mingled labdanum w'fine snift of myrrh, to enhaunt her nautical J-chamois

[S]he, also, entered, and coming pretty close to my Father, snifted at her Flowers with a sort of extatic eagerness, and then let them fall.

SNUFF. […] Reſentment expreſſed by ſnifting; […]

It now appears that they were still snifting narration of your lordship is for the greater part and hankering after their old

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• snifts
• snifting
• snifted

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