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resniffing

resniffing is the present participle and gerund of resniff.

Meaning of resniff

Verb

resniff (third-person singular simple present resniffs, present participle resniffing, simple past and past participle resniffed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To sniff again.
    • This apparently left the Colonial Office unmoved for it merely resniffed that no guns could be supplied from Great Britain because treaties with Egypt prevented guns from being shipped through the Suez Canal and that all available R.A.F. planes were engaged in the Berlin Airlift.1973, Norman Cleaveland, Bang! Bang! in Ampang: Dredging Tin During Malaya's "emergency."

Questions about resniffing

What is resniffing the present participle and gerund of?
Resniffing is the present participle and gerund of resniff.

Words near resniffing in the dictionary

  1. ResNets
  2. Resnick
  3. Resnicks
  4. resniff
  5. resniffed
  6. resniffing
  7. resniffs
  8. Resnik
  9. resnub
  10. resnubbed
  11. resnubbing

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