snifter

noun

snif·​ter ˈsnif-tər How to pronounce snifter (audio)
1
: a small drink of distilled liquor
2
: a short-stemmed goblet with a bowl narrowing toward the top

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Finish with a snifter at the East Nashville outpost of New York’s award-hogging cocktail bar Attaboy. Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025 Aged for 18 months in American oak barrels and savored neat in a snifter, the flavor is soft and buttery with fruity overtones. Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024 Sidle up to the giant slab of black marble at the center and order some caviar and a snifter of Champagne. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024 But for the ultimate in an elegant sipping tequila, soft as velvet, with sweet essences of pure agave, delicate herbs, and a touch of mint and eucalyptus, Puro Corazón deserves to be slowly savored in the most elegant of crystal snifters. Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 28 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for snifter

Word History

Etymology

English dialect, sniff, snort, from Middle English, to sniff, snort

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of snifter was in 1844

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“Snifter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snifter. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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