Outsmell

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To smell more acutely than. transitive

    "Dogs can outsmell human beings."

  2. 2
    To have a stronger smell than; to drown out (another smell). transitive

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"Dogs can outsmell human beings."

Etymology

From out- + smell.

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