adjective
1. colloquial desdenyós, despectiu.
2. [smelly] pudent, d'olor suspecta.
3. he was pretty sniffy about it va tractar l'assumpte amb bastant de desdeny.

noun
1. slang glopada, traguet, traguinyol, traguitxó.
2. to have a snifter fer un traguet.

noun
1. burla.
intransitive verb
2. burlar-se (at de), riure per sota el nas.

noun
1. [cut] tisorada, estisorada, tall.
2. [piece of material] retall.
3. slang [bargain] ganga, ocasió.
4. [certainty] certitud de guany.
transitive & intransitive verb [-pp-]
5. tallar amb les tisores.
6. to snip off retallar.

noun
1. Ornithology becadell.
intransitive verb
2. caçar becadells.
3. to snipe at someone disparar a algú des d'un amagatall.
4. to snipe from the shelter of... disparar a cobert de...
5. to snipe at one's critics contestar les crítiques (amb precaució).
6. he was really sniping at the Minister figurative en realitat tirava contra el ministre.

noun franctirador, tirador des d'un lloc amagat.

noun
1. [of cloth] retall.
2. [of information, etc] extret, retall.
3. [of book] separata.
4. Snippets [heading in press, etc] «retalls».

noun
1. slang [nose] tarota, nàpia.
intransitive verb
2. slang [inform] garlar, delatar tr, fer l'espieta.
3. [pilfer] pispar, robar.

intransitive verb [-ll-]
1. [weep] somicar, ploriquejar.
2. llagrimejar.
3. [complain] lamentar-se, fer el ploricó.
4. [sniff] ensumar.

adjective
1. ploraner.
2. pejorative ploramiques.
noun
3. ploriqueig.
4. lamentació, llagrimeig.