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Sniffed vs Spiffed - What's the difference?

sniffed | spiffed |

As verbs the difference between sniffed and spiffed

is that sniffed is past tense of sniff while spiffed is past tense of spiff.

sniffed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sniff)

    • sniff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of sniffing.
    • She gave the flowers a quick sniff to check they were real.
  • A quantity of something that is inhaled through the nose
  • A brief perception
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Tottenham did have a sniff of goal when Defoe's drilled cross just eluded his strike partner at the far post but their best effort came early in the second half when Ryan Fredericks cut in from the right before firing into the side netting.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as if to smell something.
    • The dog sniffed around the park, searching for a nice scent.
    I sniffed the meat to see if it hadn't gone off.
  • To say something while sniffing, for example in case of illness or unhappiness, or in contempt.
    • "He's never coming back, is he?" she sniffed while looking at a picture of him.
  • To perceive vaguely
    • I can sniff trouble coming from the basement.
  • To be dismissive or contemptuous of something.
  • (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
  • (slang, UK) To inhale drugs in powder form (usually cocaine) through the nose.

    • Derived terms

    * sniff test

    spiffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spiff)

    • spiff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Attractiveness or charm in dress, appearance, or manner
  • :Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.
  • (countable, dated) A well-dressed man
  • (countable, sales jargon) A bonus or other remuneration, given for reaching a sales goal or promoting the goods of a particular manufacturer. Originally from textile retailing, a percentage given for selling off surplus or out-of-fashion stock, of which the sales person could offer part as a discount to a customer.
  • (countable, colloquial, Jamaica) a hand-rolled marijuana cigarette; a joint
  • *2000 , Leone Ross, Tasting Songs'', in ''Dark Matter (ed. Sheree R. Thomas), p76
    • She rolled a spiff for us as she spoke, sifting the ganja between her fingers...
  • *2004 , Sander L. Gilman, Xun Zhou, Smoke: A Global History of Smoking , p144
    • ...someone else built a spiff which he lit and gave to me...

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (usually with up ) to make spiffy (attractive, polished, or up-to-date)
  • :Our productivity would surely increase if we'd just spiff up this office a bit.
  • to reward (a salesperson) with a spiff.
  • to throw.
  • :I spiffed the turf over the edge and it went straight through the window and hit the officer.

    • Synonyms

    *spruce (as in spruce up)

    Derived terms

    *spiff up *spiffy

    See also

    *spliff