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Definition of niff in English: niffnoun nɪf British informal An unpleasant smell. Example sentencesExamples - Top Tip: a few drops of tea tree oil in the bottom prevents nasty niffs.
- Councillors are calling on the Government to get involved in ending a nasty niff pervading Castle Point.
- Council environment chiefs have launched an investigation into the source of the nasty niff.
- After several weeks I started to notice a nasty niff on my clothes and realised the cream was to blame.
- The nasty niff was so bad that a stewardess asked her to put them back on.
Synonyms smell, scent, aroma, perfume, fragrance, bouquet, savour, nose, tang, essence, redolence
verb nɪf [no object]British informal Have an unpleasant smell. a dark room that always niffed a bit Example sentencesExamples - Note, this part after the niffing has not been documented by any of the expert folks as yet for us newbies.
- Instead of niffing of pongy feet, the new hi-tech trainers could smell of lemons or even wild flowers.
Synonyms foul-smelling, evil-smelling, stinking, stinking to high heaven, reeking, fetid, malodorous, pungent, acrid, rank, putrid, noxious
Derivatives adjectiveniffiest, niffier ˈnɪfi British informal Because fish can be a bit niffy and you don't want to whiff up your best suit? Example sentencesExamples - They prefer to live in groups and need frequent cleaning-out because ratties are a bit niffy!
- It did get a bit niffy in there so every so often I swapped sides.
Origin Early 20th century (originally dialect): perhaps from sniff. Rhymes biff, cliff, glyph, if, kif, miff, quiff, riff, skew-whiff, skiff, sniff, spliff, stiff, tiff, whiff |