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GET A WHIFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does get a whiff mean?
• GET A WHIFF (verb)
The verb GET A WHIFF has 1 sense:
1. smell strongly and intensely
Familiarity information: GET A WHIFF used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Smell strongly and intensely
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Synonyms:
get a noseful; get a whiff
Hypernyms (to "get a whiff" is one way to...):
smell (inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
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