Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which smells or perceives the smell of anything; also, one who tests anything by smelling.
- noun One who or that which smells of anything, is scented, or has odor.
- noun The nose; in the plural the nostrils.
- noun Familiarly, a feeler; a tactile hair or process; especially, a rictal vibrissa, as one of a cat's whiskers.
- noun 5. A prying fellow; one who tries to smell out something; a sneaking spy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who smells, or perceives by the sense of smell; one who gives out smell.
- noun Pugilists' Slang The nose.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone or something that
smells , that detectsscent - noun informal the
nose - noun informal something that has an unpleasant
odor
Etymologies
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Examples
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But some fart smeller is out there trying to solve the question, “what are they talking about, really, and more importantly, where did the conversation go?”
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Or, as we used to say in high school, the smeller is the feller.
Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Infectious information 2009
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Lieve Blancquaert Super smeller: African giant rats can sniff out cases of tuberculosis.
The Newest Recruit In the Fight on TB Frances Robinson 2011
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It depends on deeply embedded subconscious memories, which for whatever reason intoxicate a smeller 's senses.
Slap On Some Sexy 2010
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Eye youse Tew bee a grate smeller, bud how by comptroller dust id fore mead.
NASA Apologizes For Employee Bladder Control Issues - NASA Watch 2009
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He wrote, If the primitive witch-smeller is the spiritual progenitor of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primitive rain-maker is equally the spiritual progenitor of the Cavendish Professor of Physics.
Rabbi Alan Lurie: In Defense Of Religious Moderates Rabbi Alan Lurie 2010
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He wrote, If the primitive witch-smeller is the spiritual progenitor of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the primitive rain-maker is equally the spiritual progenitor of the Cavendish Professor of Physics.
Rabbi Alan Lurie: In Defense Of Religious Moderates Rabbi Alan Lurie 2010
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First, she said, it was necessary to become a thoughtful taster and "smeller."
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That dog is the best deer spotter/smeller/hearier in the world.
Sit Down, Shut Up 2008
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Most of us are not excellent smellers; to imagine being a smeller, we have to do more than just think on it.
INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009
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