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breath check

breath check noun: the act of blowing air into one's hand and the sniffing it, in order to determine if one has bad breath.

Noun

breath check (plural breath checks)

  1. The act of blowing air into one's hand and the sniffing it, in order to determine if one has bad breath.

Forms of breath check

pluralbreath checks

Questions about breath check

What does breath check mean?
Breath check means the act of blowing air into one's hand and the sniffing it, in order to determine if one has bad breath.
What part of speech is breath check?
Breath check is a noun.
What is the plural of breath check?
The plural of breath check is breath checks.

Words near breath check in the dictionary

  1. breastwork
  2. breastworks
  3. breasty
  4. breath
  5. breath and britches
  6. breath check
  7. breath checks
  8. breath control
  9. breath guard
  10. breath guards
  11. breath mark

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