SNIFF

I. verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb to draw air audibly up the nose especially for smelling , to show or express disdain or scorn, snoop , nose , transitive verb to smell or take by inhalation through the nose, to utter contemptuously, to recognize or detect by or as if by smelling , II. noun Date: 1767 an act or sound of ~ing, a quantity that is ~ed