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Definition 2024

sniff_out

sniff out

English

Verb

To find something using the sense of smell.
Because they have far more powerful noses than humans, dogs are ideal to sniff out drugs.
(idiomatic) to find, especially to find something that cannot be seen.

Translations

find something using smell

Chinese:
Mandarin: 嗅出 ‎(xiùchū)
Finnish: nuuskia (fi)

Japanese: 嗅ぎ付ける ‎(かぎつける, kagitsukeru)
Portuguese: farejar (pt)
Russian: выню́хивать (ru) impf ‎(vynjúxivatʹ), вы́нюхать (ru) pf ‎(výnjuxatʹ)

find

Chinese:
Mandarin: 找出 (zh) ‎(zhǎochū)
Italian: trovare (it), scovare (it)
Japanese: 嗅ぎ付ける ‎(かぎつける, kagitsukeru)

Portuguese: farejar (pt)
Russian: выню́хивать (ru) impf ‎(vynjúxivatʹ), вы́нюхать (ru) pf ‎(výnjuxatʹ), разню́хивать (ru) impf ‎(raznjúxivatʹ), разню́хать (ru) pf ‎(raznjúxatʹ)