sniff out

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sniff out

vb
(tr, adverb) to detect through shrewdness or instinct
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Verb1.sniff out - recognize or detect by or as if by smellingsniff out - recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell out trouble"
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Translations
يَكْتَشِف بالشَّم
vyčenichat
opsnuse
erschnüffeln
òefa uppi
suse framsuse opp
koklayarak bulmak
嗅出

w>sniff out

vt sep (lit, fig inf)aufspüren; crime, plotaufdecken
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sniff

(snif) verb
1. to draw in air through the nose with a slight noise.
2. to do this in an attempt to smell something. The dog sniffed me all over; He sniffed suddenly, wondering if he could smell smoke.
noun
an act of sniffing.
sniff out
to discover or detect (by using the sense of smell). The police used dogs to sniff out the explosives.
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References in periodicals archive
Due to this, he disclosed that the Department of Agriculture has started training 40 canines to sniff out meat products brought in by tourists through hand-carried and checked-in luggage.
The 'digital dogs' can 'sniff out data devices such as mobile devices, USB sticks, SD cards, hard drives and computers,' said chief superintendent Jim Nye, commander for the Alliance Operations Department.
Edward Ofere 7 Proved again he can sniff out a goal and rumble up defences.
Current studies on how dogs can sniff out cancer suggest that a dog's sense of smell is 10,000 to 100,000 times better than ours!
Cloning a drug-sniffing dog would produce a dog capable ofbeing trained but not already able to sniff out drugs.
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