snift
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Is snift a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) No
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
- Words With Friends No
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (UK dialectal, Lancashire, obsolete) A moment; a while.Examples: "An' if thou'll make a shift effort To tak thi time a bit, owd lass, Thou's have him in a snift!"; "An ' if thou'll make a shift To tak thi time a bit, owd lass, Thou's have him in a snift!”"UKcountabledialectalobsoleteuncountable
2. (UK dialectal, uncountable) A light dusting, as of snow.Examples: "Good Lorjus, Meary ! theawrt so hasty; so I clum th' steeigh in o snift, shoavt th' awts eawt, an smackt me riddle oth' hoyle."; "He frowned, and sent snifts of snow and symptoms of rain that dampened the ardor of the golf contingent and made things murky and dreary outside."; "Mingled labdanum w'fine snift of myrrh, to enhaunt her nautical J-chamois"UKdialectaluncountable
verb (English)
1. (now dialectal) To sniff; to snort or snuff.Examples: "[S]he, also, entered, and coming pretty close to my Father, snifted at her Flowers with a sort of extatic eagerness, and then let them fall."; "SNUFF. […] Reſentment expreſſed by ſnifting; […]"; "It now appears that they were still snifting narration of your lordship is for the greater part and hankering after their old"dialectal
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