(at a smell)
91smell-o-vision — noun Cinematography with the addition of olfaction, often portrayed as futuristic or far fetched. Beginning as a silent wonder, the medium has been dramatically changed by the addition of sound, color, the wide screen, attempts at 3 D, and even… …
92smell — See smell, stink, scent …
93smell of — phr verb Smell of is used with these nouns as the object: ↑gasoline, ↑oil, ↑petrol …
94smell ripe — Australian Slang smell off or bad …
95smell — [12] Smell is something of a mystery word. It is assumed to go back to an Old English *smiellan or *smyllan, but no such verb has been recorded, nor have any related forms in other languages been pin pointed for certain. One theory links it with… …
96smell\ a\ rat — v. phr. informal To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong. Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I m beginning to smell a rat. When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat …
97smell\ out — • ferret out literary • sniff out • smell out v To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find. Jane smelled out the boys secret hiding place in the woods. John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library …
98smell\ up — v informal To make a bad smell. A skunk smelled up our yard last night. Mr. Brodsky s cigar smelled up the living room …
99smell — sb. == odour. RG. 43. Body and Soul, 219 == scent (of a dog). O. and N. 820 v. n. Wright’s L. P. p. 88. Body and Soul, 22. The ON. smella, ‘crepere, tinnire,’ is probably the origin of our ‘smell;’ words relating to the senses are frequently… …
100smell up — give off a foul odor, make a bad smell …