niff
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪf
Noun
niff (plural niffs)
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, 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)
- (informal) To smell bad; to stink.
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