snifter
Plural: snifters
Noun
- A pear-shaped glass specifically designed for spirits, like brandy.
- a globular glass with a small top; used for serving brandy
- A sniff.
- A strong or severe wind.
- A small, wide, pear-shaped glass used for drinking aromatic liquors such as bourbon and brandy.
- Synonym of nip (“a small amount of an alcoholic beverage, especially one equivalent to what a snifter might hold”)
- Synonym of cocaine addict; a sniffer.
- A small amount of cocaine taken by inhaling through the nose.
- A handheld device used to detect signals from radio transmitters; a sniffer.
Verb
- To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
- Followed by out: to speak (words) in a nasal, snuffling manner.
Examples
- He held his SNIFTER of brandy, pondering his next Scrabble move over the triple word score.
Origin / Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle English snifteren, snifter, snyfter (“to sniffle”), possibly from *snift (possibly derived from a Old Norse word—compare Old Danish snifte and Swedish snyfta (“to sniffle; to sob”); probably ultimately imitative) + -er- (frequentative suffix) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
The noun is derived from the verb.
Synonyms
brandy glass, brandy snifter, brandy bowl, cocaine addict, cognac glass, nip, whiskey glass
Scrabble Score: 10
snifter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsnifter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
snifter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary