get a noseful

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Verb get a noseful has 1 sense

get a noseful, get a whiff - smell strongly and intensely
--₁ is one way to smell
Sample sentence:
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Term: get a noseful

Description:

This term is an idiomatic expression used to describe the act of inhaling or catching a strong or unpleasant smell.

Examples:

Sense: Inhaling a strong smell

1. After opening the refrigerator, she got a noseful of the pungent smell of spoiled food.

2. The skunk sprayed just as I passed by, and I got a noseful of its stench.

Sense: Detecting an unpleasant scent

1. As soon as she entered the room, she got a noseful of the overpowering odor of burnt popcorn.

2. When I walked into the perfume aisle, I got a noseful of various scents, making it hard to breathe.

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