noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a hint/whiff of scandal (= the suggestion that someone may be involved in a scandal )
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He vowed that no hint of scandal would ever be attached to him.
a whiff/hint of perfume (= a very slight smell of perfume )
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As she lifted the letter, she caught the faintest hint of perfume.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
catch
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I thought, catching a strong whiff of perfume.
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As I turned out the lights, I caught a whiff of the intense fragrance of hyacinths.
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However, the Scribe has caught a whiff of success and further sightings of Colin Chapmans will be gratefully received.
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The air outside was colder now and it seemed to me that I caught a whiff of snow in the air.
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So he peered, leaning forward to catch a whiff of scent, listening to the man's quiet muttering.
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She homed in on it like an eager bee catching a whiff of the first rich blooms of summer.
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Corbett caught a whiff of the fragrant incense.
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Suddenly, Dawson caught a whiff of a life he would never lead:complex, relaxed, privileged.
get
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Because if it's written by the bourgeoisie, it hasn't got the authentic whiff - what?
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There's not a politician in the world we could buy off if they got a whiff of it.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A sniff of tea, a whiff of biscuits, and there would soon be a crowd.
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After a few minutes, they were ordered to pull their masks back and take a whiff .
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As I turned out the lights, I caught a whiff of the intense fragrance of hyacinths.
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Jaq smelled the whiff of genetic pollution.
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Snow was involved in a whiff of controversy about some experimental results obtained in the 1930s.
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The raindrops are of the big, splashy variety, complete with whiffs of wild winds and churned seas.
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They further confused the tone of a piece that had about it the whiff of 1970s radical agitprop.