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sniffs around

sniffs around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sniff around.

Meaning of sniff around

Verb

sniff around (third-person singular simple present sniffs around, present participle sniffing around, simple past and past participle sniffed around)

  1. Investigate; inspect; look for information.
    • If he moved a muscle, they would both be in DEEP TROUBLE.
      “It must have been a bird, Mr Big,” said Dad.
      “Ruddy big bird,” muttered the little man. “Now we have to get out of here before the fuzz start sniffing around. Fingers, get the Rolls resprayed and change the number plates in case they trace...2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

Questions about sniffs around

What is sniffs around the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sniffs around is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sniff around.

Words near sniffs around in the dictionary

  1. sniffling
  2. snifflingly
  3. snifflings
  4. sniffly
  5. sniffs
  6. sniffs around
  7. sniffs out
  8. sniffs up
  9. sniffy
  10. snift
  11. snifted

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