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sniffs out

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

Meaning of sniff out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To find (something) by using the sense of smell.
    • Because they have far more powerful noses than humans, dogs are ideal to sniff out drugs.
  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To detect (something hidden or invisible).
    • Near-synonyms: ferret out, weasel out

Questions about sniffs out

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

Words near sniffs out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sniffs out (page history and authors); sniff out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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