[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations.", "to clear the nose by so doing; sniffle .", "to smell by short inhalations.", "to show disdain, contempt, etc., by or as by sniffing."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to perceive by or as by smelling:to sniff a scandal.", "to inhale through the nose:to sniff the air."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an act of sniffing; a single, short, audible inhalation.", "the sound made by such an act.", "a scent or odor perceived:a sniff of perfume."]}]