Definitions
Etymologies
- sniff + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But, he, the sniffer, is not considered, what's replaced his role is some theoretical bogey man.”
“My sniffer is barely able to pick up the smell of a T-bone on a grill.”
“In separate federal court filings last night here, plaintiffs in the TJX case provided additional information showing how computer hackers, using a data-capturing program called a "sniffer" -- may have been able to steal more than 100 million cards.”
The Wall Street Journal: TJX Ruling Gives Banks a Breakthrough
“It's called a sniffer and capture the information.”
“He is convinced that every time you click "send," your message goes to a clunky government keyword sniffer that, on finding any of the naughty words it's looking for, blinks red lights at some snoozing functionary's desk.”
“If you want to preserve the integrity of each scent, load 'em side by side, and run your nose across them in succession--as if your sniffer were a mouth and your arm a harmonica.”
“All they do is sit outside with a laptop, wait for customers to make a purchase, then use a so-called sniffer program to get into a store's wireless network.”
“All they need is a laptop, wireless connection and some simple software call a sniffer program.”
“The alleged criminals sat outside with a laptop, waited for a wireless purchase to go down, and then used a so-called sniffer program to get into a store's network.”
“All they need is a laptop, wireless connection, and some simple software called a sniffer program.”
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Genes
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tinman, agnostic, dreadlocks, Van Gogh, fruitless, lava lamp, ariadne, cheap date, ken and barbie, I'm not dead yet, I'm not dead yet 2, manic fringe and 1192 more... -
schnoz
Nose-related words
quidnunc, conk, philtrum, snub, aquiline, Roman, Greek, Nubian, button, honker, sniffer, pointer and 7 more...
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ffwordes
Words gleaned from the works of Jasper Fforde.
the big over easy, nursery crime div..., mary mary, dci friedland chymes, amazing crime sto..., the mystery of th..., the poisoned shoe, the sign of three..., inspector moose, detective inspect..., clear-up rate, sleuth illustrated and 796 more...
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RocknRolla (2008)
Words from 2008 'RocknRolla' film.
drip, consent, foothold, bricks and mortar, mortar, councillor, let down, wand, clean out, leg-up, hasty, erect and 115 more...
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