snoof

== English == === Etymology 1 === Perhaps an alteration of sniff or snuff; or perhaps a blend of snort +‎ sniff. ==== Verb ==== snoof (third-person singular simple present snoofs, present participle snoofing, simple past and past participle snoofed) To sniff around, usually in the search for food. === Etymology 2 === Probably coined by Galsworthy (see quotations). ==== Adjective ==== snoof (comparative more snoof, superlative most snoof) (humorous, nonstandard) Having lost the sense of smell. 1946, Una Jeffers to Dorothy Brett, The Collected Letters Of Robinson Jeffers. With Selected Letters Of Una Jeffers, volume 3, Stanford, p. 410: […] it means when a person lacks his sense of smell. I'm glad I'm not snoof. === Anagrams === foons == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oːf === Verb === snoof singular past indicative of snuiven