Verb: smell out smel awt
- Recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
"He can smell out trouble";
- sniff out, scent out, nose out
- Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
"smell out corruption";
- smell, sense
Derived forms: smells out, smelling out, smelled out
Type of: discern, distinguish, make out, perceive, pick out, recognise [Brit], recognize, spot