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Sniff- Sniff

This in fact is not a spoken word so much as a sound. It is the same sound made when someone is sniffing their nose as they are crying or trying to stop crying. The recovery sniffs is the sound you are mocking.

It is a sarcastic way to show someone you feel no pity for their situation.

Just like playing the tiny violin for a person, this mocks the persons sadness by "crying" along with them. See example
Bjorn: Yesterday, my girlfriend told me that my clothing is out of style and it really hurt my feelings.

Bennett: (very sarcastic)"Sniff-Sniff".... "Sniff- Sniff" oooh "sniff-sniff"...that's just terrible

Bjorn: Oh shut up
Sniff- Sniff by Randoni April 6, 2009
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sniff sniff 

refers to powder cocaine only, not crack
"Do you know where to get any sniff sniff?"
sniff sniff by KSU Grad December 2, 2007

sniff sniff 

When you sniff your fingers ,but make it look like you're thinking in order to smell your own ass under your fingernails.
are you doing a "sniff sniff"? hows it smell? MY TURN ?!?!?!?!!?
sniff sniff by TENDIX November 17, 2023

Catch and Sniff 

A play on the phrase "Scratch and Sniff" Smelling your own fart by cupping the air around your butt with your hand, after farting, and bringing it to your nose.
I hope my farts don't smell too bad ... I'm going to have to "Catch and Sniff", to make sure, because I have a hot date tonight.
Catch and Sniff by Spiced Boogaloo January 23, 2012

Doggie sniff 

To smell for the scent of another.
That creepy guy just gave you a doggie sniff, Susie !
Doggie sniff by I, Wreckerrr October 22, 2016

Sack Sniff 

sak-snif

noun

When a male rubs his hand along his scrotum, and then proceeds smells his hand--now scented with his ball musk--, he has just performed a Sack Sniff. Often performed, but rarely acknowledged in polite society, the Sack Sniff is an interesting cultural sensation that begs for an evolutionary-psychological explanation. The male executing the Sack Sniff will often report enjoying the scent, or at least conceding that he finds himself executing the Sack Sniff frequently. Perhaps he is checking levels of pheromones in his system as a form of virility/fertility auto-monitoring behavior.
Male 1: Did you really just wipe your balls with your hand and then smell it?

Male 2: Obviously. You never sneak a Sack Sniff?

Male 1: (sheepishly) Yah, I guess I do...

The man enjoyed a refreshing Sack Sniff while undressing to shower.
Sack Sniff by orpheusnvrlookbck March 31, 2012

The Royal Sniff 

When you greet someone and go in for the hug, then do some rapid but heavy sniffing to establish the persons’ scent, or possibly get a sense of where they have been or who they have been with. Most often used on significant other or potential significant other.
My man came around looking all sheepish, I gave him The Royal Sniff and he smelled like that HO from the mall.
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