snifter

[ snif-ter ]

/ ˈsnɪf tər /

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noun

Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.

Informal. a very small drink of liquor.

Words nearby snifter

sniffer dog, sniffish, sniffle, sniffles, sniffy, snifter, snifting valve, snig, snigger, snigging chain, sniggle

Origin of snifter

1840–50; derivative of snifter to sniff, snivel, Middle English snyfter; imitative

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Examples from the Web for snifter

At sunset he quit, easy winner, and went without taking so much as a "snifter."
Tonio, Son of the Sierras|Charles King
But he was just a snifter short on that potent and undisciplined drink.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
He turned, snifter in hand, and it was easy to see that his privations had tried him sorely.
Right Ho, Jeeves|P. G. Wodehouse
For the love of goodness, Fritz, give me a snifter of tanglefoot!
Frank Merriwell's Backers|Burt L. Standish

But picking up the sail in other blows and picking it up in a Cape Horn snifter is a horse of another color.
The Viking Blood|Frederick William Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for snifter

snifter

/ (ˈsnɪftə) /

noun

a pear-shaped glass with a short stem and a bowl that narrows towards the top so that the aroma of brandy or a liqueur is retained

informal a small quantity of alcoholic drink

Word Origin for snifter

C19: perhaps from dialect snifter to sniff, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish snifta (obsolete) to sniff

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