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niff
noun
[ nɪf ]
• an unpleasant smell.
• "the horrible fishy niff"
niff
verb
• have an unpleasant smell.
• "a dark room that always niffed a bit"
Origin:
early 20th century (originally dialect): perhaps from sniff.