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sniftered

sniftered is the simple past and past participle of snifter.

Meaning of snifter

Verb

snifter (third-person singular simple present snifters, present participle sniftering, simple past and past participle sniftered)

  1. (intransitive) To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
    • Brouffer. To ſnurt, or ſnifter vvith the noſe, like a horſe.1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Brouffer”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature [M vj], verso, column 1
  2. (archaic, rare, transitive) Followed by out: to speak (words) in a nasal, snuffling manner.

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Questions about sniftered

What is sniftered the simple past and past participle of?
Sniftered is the simple past and past participle of snifter.

Words near sniftered in the dictionary

  1. snift
  2. snifted
  3. snifter
  4. snifter valve
  5. snifter valves
  6. sniftered
  7. snifterer
  8. snifterers
  9. sniftering
  10. snifters
  11. snifting

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