different between sniff vs umbecast

English

Etymology

From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian) enPR: sn?f, IPA^(key): /sn?f/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /sn?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Verb

sniff (third-person singular simple present sniffs, present participle sniffing, simple past and past participle sniffed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.

2. To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.

3. (transitive) To perceive vaguely

4. To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.

5. (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
6. (slang, Britain) To inhale drugs in powder form (usually cocaine) through the nose.

Derived terms

• sniffle

Descendants

• ? Hebrew: ????????? (hisníf)

Translations

Noun

sniff (countable and uncountable, plural sniffs)

1. (countable) An instance of sniffing.

2. (countable) A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose
3. (countable, colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.
4. (uncountable, slang) Cocaine.

Translations

Interjection

sniff!

1. A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.
   • 2009, Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book, page 28

     a wild boar is laughing and Obelix is crying

     Wild boar classified a protected species

     First reaction from dismayed costumers:

     “Boohoohoo! Sniff!”

Derived terms

Anagrams

• niffs

English

Etymology

From Middle English umbecasten, equivalent to umbe- +? cast or um- +? becast.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mb??kæst/, /??mb??k??st/

Verb

umbecast (third-person singular simple present umbecasts, present participle umbecasting, simple past and past participle umbecast)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To cast about; make a circuit; travel around (a place).
2. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete or dialectal) To consider, ponder.
3. To hunt, search for the spoor, explore, seek, sniff around.
4. To surround, encircle, beset; umbeset, circle around.
5. To bind, tie up.
6. To cast a shadow, cover with a shadow, shade

References

umbecast in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.