Meaning

1 senses

  1. Investigate; inspect; look for information.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. The hyena sniffed around the campsite.

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  2. Dmitri saw six different hyenas sniffing around the camp.

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  3. Miroslav heard the very distinct sound of a hyena sniffing around.

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  4. The cat sniffed around.

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  5. The bear was sniffing around.

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Forms

sniffs around, sniffing around, sniffed around, sniffed around
Base formsniff around · to sniff around
3rd person singularsniffs around
Present participlesniffing around
Past simplesniffed around
Past participlesniffed around

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysniff around
he, she, itsniffs around

Past simpleLesson

all personssniffed around

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sniffed around
he, she, ithas sniffed around

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sniff around

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snidesniffB2snifflesnigger
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