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noseshot

noseshot noun: a range of smell, a distance in which something is detectable by smell.

Noun

noseshot (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) A range of smell, a distance in which something is detectable by smell.
    • As she approached closer, though, the load of rabbits came into vivid noseshot, and the saxophonist's nose wrinkled at the reek.2002, Michael Meehan, Stormy weather, page 74
    • ...Fartman's thunder has been stolen by a character in the 1999 film Mystery Man named Spleen (played by Paul Reubens, better known as Pee Wee Herman) whose power was his ability to discharge farts so lethally putrid that they incapacitated anyone within noseshot.2006, Jim Dawson, Blame It on the Dog: A Modern History of the Fart, page 73

Forms of noseshot

alternative formnose-shot

Origin of noseshot

Blend of nose + earshot or from nose + shot.

Questions about noseshot

What does noseshot mean?
Noseshot means a range of smell, a distance in which something is detectable by smell.
What part of speech is noseshot?
Noseshot is a noun.

Words near noseshot in the dictionary

  1. noses out
  2. noses out of joint
  3. noses over
  4. noses to grindstones
  5. noses to the grindstone
  6. noseshot
  7. noseslide
  8. noseslides
  9. nosesmart
  10. nosesore
  11. nosesores

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