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get a whiff

gɪt ə wɪf
WordNet
  1. (v) get a whiff
    smell strongly and intensely
Usage in the news

Petersen's BOWHUNTING Editor Christian Berg whiffs on a Texas axis deer doe but gets an unexpected chance to make some meat when the doe returns to investigate. bowhuntingmag.com

Get a whiff of this fundraiser. theolympian.com

Get a whiff of this. nj.com

Get a whiff of Brad Pitt's Chanel No. cpo.com

Step outside any fast food outlet on a sultry summer day, take a big whiff and you'll get an immediate sensory impression of the air quality problem some restaurants present. restaurant-hospitality.com

In New York, Phew York by Amber C Jones, the touring family gets a whiff of. nydailynews.com

Your working-class Style Avatar gets a whiff of the Boss, et al , and nearly passes out. austinchronicle.com

Your working-class Style Avatar gets a whiff of the Boss, et al, and nearly passes out. austinchronicle.com

Get a whiff of Brad Pitt 's Chanel ad. kvia.com

We've all been there: You enter a restroom and immediately get a whiff of a recently extinguished match. allure.com

Well, you'll be able to once you get a whiff of Nicki Minaj's debut scent. kffm.com

Maui Gets A Whiff of Skunkdog. mauiweekly.com

Get a whiff of Brad Pitt's Chanel No. cpo.com

Get a whiff of this fundraiser. theolympian.com

Schmidt's Tobacco Trading Co. Best Smoke Shop Where to get a whiff of the old country. eastbayexpress.com

Usage in literature

The desire to get out of the city for a whiff of country air and for a change of scene was the cause. "Burning Daylight" by Jack London

I prefer a whiff of brimstone, myself; and, by the powers, I've been getting, it. "On the Firing Line" by Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller

I daresay you can get a whiff if you lean out far enough. "Nuttie's Father" by Charlotte M. Yonge

I was one of the first to finish, and I strolled back to the platform to get a few whiffs of a cigarette. "The Rome Express" by Arthur Griffiths

I get a whiff of it now. "Tracy Park" by Mary Jane Holmes

In a minute or so there was a click-click on the stairs, I gets a whiff of l'Issoir Danube, and in comes a veiled lady. "Shorty McCabe" by Sewell Ford

And about here, Phil, he began to get a whiff of that green corn you fetched with you to use as bait. "Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys" by Silas K. Boone

I'd get ugly, too, if he kept me in that heat and never let me get a whiff of air. "A List To Starboard" by F. Hopkinson Smith

The wind carried them away from the ranger, so he didn't get a whiff of them. "Anything You Can Do ..." by Gordon Randall Garrett

He sniffed here and there, but could not get so much as a tiny whiff of the doctor's scent. "Zip, the Adventures of a Frisky Fox Terrier" by Frances Trego Montgomery