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niff

niff

English

Noun

niff (plural niffs)

  1. (informal) A bad smell.
    Whew, there's a bit of a niff in here. Is that your socks?
    • 2014, Nick Arnold, Horrible Science: Body Owner's Handbook (page 159)
      Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the smelly man. Soon afterwards, a nosy motel receptionist noticed a nasty niff from a new guest.

Verb

niff (third-person singular simple present niffs, present participle niffing, simple past and past participle niffed)

  1. (informal) To smell bad; to stink.