sniffer
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈsnɪfər/
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detector
- SAR people (Search and Rescue) still use sniffer dogs—image courtesy and copyright cnr.cn.
- sniffer dog
- high-precision sniffer
- packet sniffer
They're AUS organization that has nuclear sniffers.
- They're AUS organization that has nuclear sniffers.
- Just like Rhett's mom, we're going to identify stains that come in on a clothesline using only our sniffers.
- She is like a sniffer dog.
Examples
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The Mini Gas Sniffer is a handheld natural gas leak detector.
Academic text (2004) -
One of our pathogen sniffers in the building's ventilation system picked up traces of the ID-7 virus.
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I saw a sniffer dog at the airport.
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Well, I could see sniffer dogs.
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And she's the best sniffer on the team.
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About 20 feds with sniffer dogs pop out of nowhere.
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He used to be a drug sniffer in the K-9 unit.
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Given this impetus to eradicate drugs from schools, districts have escalated the fight to include the use of canine "sniffers."
Academic text (1991) -
At the concert, a trained sniffer dog detected drugs in the crowd.
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The police used a sniffer dog to locate hidden explosives in the building.
Synonyms
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3.5
A device that senses things like metal, movement, or radioactivity
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4.1
A person or animal that finds things by using their nose
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6.3
A person or device that identifies things from patterns such as faces and handwriting
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9.1
A person or animal that finds things by smell
A device that finds very small amounts of chemicals in air, water or on surfaces
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Morphology
Etymology
Sniffer comes from the verb sniff 'to smell' plus the ending -er 'one who', so it names animals or devices that find things by smell. That's why a sniffer dog or a sniffer machine 'sniffs out' drugs or gas.