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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A pear-shaped goblet with a narrow top, used especially in serving brandy.
  2. n. Slang A small portion of liquor.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To sniff; snift.
  2. n. An audible passing of the breath through the nostrils; a sniff.
  3. n. plural The stoppage of the nostrils in catarrh.
  4. n. A dram; a nip.
  5. n. A severe storm; a blizzard.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small alcoholic drink.
  2. n. A pear-shaped glass for drinking brandy or other alcoholic beverages.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy

Etymologies

  1. From Middle English snifteren, to sniff, perhaps of Scandinavian origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “I picked up the open bulb of glass that Margo had called a snifter and held it before me, watching the play of light in the red-brown fluid.”

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  • “You've brought out the truth about that lost coin collection; you've saved Hopewell Drugg from becoming a regular reprobate -- at least, so says his mother-in-law; you've converted Walky Dexter from his habit of taking a 'snifter' ---- ”

    How Janice Day Won

  • “Before she was fairly clear of the harbour, though, there came a "snifter" from the hills that caught her unprepared, making her reel again, and giving us a desperate few minutes to scramble on board and hoist our boats up.”

    The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales

  • “An invoice in the file lists one bottle of Teacher's whisky, known to be her drink of choice; one bottle of gin, a "snifter" of which was favoured by her husband, Denis; and 200”

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  • “A translucent, chestnut-colored liquid is brought to the table in a snifter, where the server mists it with Armagnac—the diner thinks she is getting liqueur, but she is, in fact, drinking a perfectly clear squab consommé, redolent with the scent of the autumn hunt.”

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  • “And one of the great innovations of 2009 was to create a sequence of game dishes, so that the diner moved from a snifter filled with squab consommé to a rabbit loin with cocoa-dusted foie gras ravioli to rabbit brains in hare “juice.””

    Simon & Schuster: The Sorcerer’s Apprentices

  • “His hand, still holding the brandy snifter, shakes.”

    Simon & Schuster: Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer

  • “Always so good about anticipating my needs, Blanche brought me cognac in a crystal snifter.”

    Simon & Schuster: Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer

  • “Keshari poured herself a snifter of Courvoisier to steady her nerves, and then took out a few more blank pages of her stationery to write her next letter.”

    Simon & Schuster: Larger Than Lyfe

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. dram
  1. nip

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. glass
  1. drinking glass

same context (25)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. decanter
  2. wineglass
  3. goblet
  4. thimbleful
  5. tankard
  1. highball
  2. carafe
  3. tumbler
  4. ashtray
  5. shortbread
  1. liqueur
  2. flagon
  3. canteen
  4. wineglassful
  5. justice
  1. teacup
  2. beaker
  3. glassful
  4. schnapps
  5. waterskin
  1. landspeeder
  2. half-sat
  3. millipede
  4. half-guinea
  5. swig

rhymes (4)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. drifter
  1. lifter
  1. shifter
  1. swifter

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  • bilby I also wonder (read my earlier confession) about where a kid gets a name for a snort of booze or a brandy glass when neither of his parents indulge. Mar 22, 2010

  • mollusque Sinful Caesar sipped his snifter, seized his knees and sneezed.
    --Singin' in the Rain Feb 27, 2008

  • bilby Snifter was the name of my first and only dog. He was a fox terrier cross and there was an abundance of cross. We bought him from the Dandeonong market. I don't know why I picked this puppy in particular ... what training is there for 4-year-olds in puppy picking? He wasn't very clever or pretty but we were stuck with him and him us. I forgave him for everything: digging where he wasn't supposed to, being run over by cars he was chasing, even for trying to mount the neighbour's mongrel when we went out running on summer evenings. I hope he forgave me too. When he died of renal failure I realised I wasn't a dog person at all. I pined for a penguin but, all things considered, it was problematical. Nov 23, 2007

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