Snoof

Quick meaning: Snoof is a verb meaning To sniff around, usually in the search for food.

Meaning

To sniff around, usually in the search for food.

More Meanings

1. (humorous, nonstandard) Having lost the sense of smell.

Example Sentences

[…] it means when a person lacks his sense of smell. I'm glad I'm not snoof.

My mother-in-law, Louise Field Cooper, used the word snoof to convey some of this meaning, as in “he has such a bad cold he's gone totally snoof.

And the word "snoof" has been brought forth (by an analogy with "deaf") to describe someone who is devoid of, or deficient in, the sense of smell.

Luckily, they're all ‘snoof’." "What?" said Michael […]. "It's a portmanteau syllable for 'Got no sense of smell to speak of.' And wanted, too. One says 'deaf,' 'blind,' 'dumb'—why not ‘snoof’?"

Word Forms

• snoofs
• snoofing
• snoofed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snift, snuffle, wuffle, snuzzle, snoozle, re-sniff.

Related Dictionary Tools