nose out

1. 1.

   recognize or detect by or as if by smelling

   “He can smell out trouble”

   Synonymssniff outscent outsmell out

Questions about nose out

What does nose out mean?

nose out means "recognize or detect by or as if by smelling".

What is another word for nose out?

Close synonyms include sniff out, scent out, smell out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nose out a common word?

nose out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.