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    "type": "wiki",
    "pronunciations": {
      "phonetic": [
        "snɪf"
      ],
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    "meansorg": {
      "etymologies": [
        "From Middle English sniffen, of imitative origin."
      ],
      "typelist": [
        {
          "name": "Verb",
          "meanlist": [
            {
              "mean": "(transitive, intransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.\nThe dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.\nI sniffed the meat to see whether it had gone off."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(transitive) To say (something) while sniffing, such as in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.\n\"He's never coming back, is he?\" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(transitive) To perceive vaguely.\n1952, Isabelle Hughes, Lorena Telforth (page 223)\nI don't know, of course, what your precious Radicals are planning to do, and I don't want to know; but I can sniff trouble in the air, nevertheless."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(intransitive) To pry; to investigate in an interfering manner.\n1882, Henry Herman, Henry Arthur Jones, The Silver King\nCOOMBE: He got the clinch only last week — eighteen months. You see it's no good having anybody here as ain't got a unblemished character. We don't want to have the bluebottles come sniffing round here, do we?"
            },
            {
              "mean": "To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.\nThis opportunity is not to be sniffed at."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(slang, chiefly UK) To inhale drugs (usually cocaine) through the nose, usually in powder form.\n1980,  Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, director,  Airplane!, spoken by Steve McCroskey (Lloyd Bridges):Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue."
            }
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        {
          "name": "Noun",
          "meanlist": [
            {
              "mean": "(countable) An instance of sniffing.\nShe gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(countable) A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(countable, colloquial) A brief perception, or tiny amount.\n2011 November 3,  Chris Bevan,  “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in  BBC Sport‎:Tottenham did have a sniff of goal when Defoe's drilled cross just eluded his strike partner at the far post but their best effort came early in the second half when Ryan Fredericks cut in from the right before firing into the side netting.\n2021 December 18,  “The billionaire battle for the metaverse”, in  The Economist‎, →ISSN:Telecoms firms want a sniff, having invested heavily in ultra-fast, low-latency 5G spectrum."
            },
            {
              "mean": "(uncountable, slang) Cocaine.\n2008,  Tammy Anderson,  Neither Villain nor Victim:He sold us some sniff and blow."
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Interjection",
          "meanlist": [
            {
              "mean": "A short inhalation sound, sometimes associated with crying.\n2009, Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book, page 28\na wild boar is laughing and Obelix is crying\nWild boar classified a protected species\nFirst reaction from dismayed costumers:\n“Boohoohoo! Sniff!”"
            }
          ]
        }
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        {
          "name": "동사.",
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              "mean": ""
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            {
              "mean": ""
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            {
              "mean": ""
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            {
              "mean": ""
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            {
              "mean": ""
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            {
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        {
          "name": "명사",
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              "mean": ""
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              "mean": ""
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            {
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        {
          "name": "인터젝션",
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