Snifter

Full definition of snifter

Noun

1. A small alcoholic drink.
• 1917, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Oakdale Affair, ch. 1:"I guess you're a regular all right. Here, have a snifter?" and he pulled a flask from his side pocket, holding it toward The Oskaloosa Kid.
2. A pear-shaped glass for drinking brandy or other alcoholic beverages.
• 2003 Jan. 20, "Getting Saucy," Time:He springs to another wooden vat and turns a valve, filling a snifter with a warm amber liquid. . . . Bang holds the liquid up to the light, swirls it around, takes a sniff of the pungent bouquet, puts the glass to his lips—and gives a satisfied smile.

Synonyms

• dram, nip, slug, tot