SNIFF AROUND / ROUND

Meaning of SNIFF AROUND / ROUND in English

( informal ) to try to find out information about sb/sth, especially secret information :

We don't want journalists sniffing around.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SNIFF AROUND/ROUND — informal investigate something covertly. → sniff
Concise Oxford English vocab
ROUND — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 30 mile/360 kilometre/2 hour etc round trip ▪ A coachload of supporters made the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNIFF — I. ˈsnif verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English sniffen; probably akin to Middle English snivelen to snivel — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROUND — I. ˈrau̇nd verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English rounen, from Old English rūnian; akin to Old High German rūnēn …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AROUND — I. əˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, probably from a- (I) + round, n. 1. a. : in a circle or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNIFF — (n.) The act of sniffing; perception by sniffing; that which is taken by sniffing; as, a sniff of air.
Английский словарь Webster
SNIFF — (v. t.) To perceive as by sniffing; to snuff, to scent; to smell; as, to sniff danger.
Английский словарь Webster
SNIFF — (v. t.) To draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country.
Английский словарь Webster
SNIFF — — sniffingly , adv. /snif/ , v.i. 1. to draw air through the nose in short, audible inhalations. 2. to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROUND — round 1 — roundness , n. /rownd/ , adj., rounder, roundest , n., adv., prep., v. adj. 1. having a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AROUND — /euh rownd"/ , adv. 1. in a circle, ring, or the like; so as to surround a person, group, thing, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SNIFF — I. ˈsnif verb Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. : to draw air audibly up the nose …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ROUND — I. rau̇nd adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French rund, reund, from Latin rotundus — more at rotund Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AROUND — I. ə-ˈrau̇nd adverb Etymology: Middle English, from a- (I) + round (II) Date: 14th century 1. a. : in a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SNIFF — vt to draw in with the breath through the nose; as, to sniff the air of the country. 2. sniff …
Webster English vocab
ROUND
Webster English vocab
AROUND — adv in a circle; circularly; on every side; round. 2. around ·prep on all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as …
Webster English vocab
SNIFF — [sniff] vb [ME] vi (14c) 1: to draw air audibly up the nose esp. for smelling "~ed at the flowers" …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROUND — [round] adj [ME, fr. OF roont, fr. L rotundus--more at rotund] (14c) 1 a (1): having every part of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SNIFF — / snɪf; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. [ v ] to breathe air in through your nose …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROUND — / raʊnd; NAmE / adjective , adverb , preposition , noun , verb ■ adjective ( round·er , round·est ) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — / əˈraʊnd; NAmE / adverb , preposition ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of around in phrasal …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNIFF — I. sniff 1 /snɪf/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: From the sound ] 1 . [intransitive] to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROUND — I. round 1 S2 W2 /raʊnd/ BrE AmE especially British English ( also around ) adverb , preposition [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AROUND — a ‧ round S1 W1 /əˈraʊnd/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition 1 . surrounding or on all sides of something …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. --adj. 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SNIFF — v. & n. v. 1 intr. draw up air audibly through the nose to stop it running or to detect …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. adj. 1 shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AROUND — adv. & prep. adv. 1 on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SNIFF — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. draw up air audibly through the nose to stop it running or to detect …
Oxford English vocab
ROUND — adj., n., adv., prep., & v. --adj. 1. shaped like or approximately like a circle, sphere, or cylinder; having a …
Oxford English vocab
AROUND — adv. & prep. --adv. 1. on every side; all round; round about. 2 in various places; here and there; at …
Oxford English vocab
ROUND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /raʊnd/ Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SNIFF — ( sniffs, sniffing, sniffed) 1. When you sniff , you breathe in air through your nose hard enough to make …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROUND — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: 'Round' …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
AROUND — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Around' is an adverb and a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SNIFF — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB around ▪ She won't want the police sniffing around . ▪ The Tribune …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AROUND
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SNIFF — [verb] - to take air in through your nose noisily and in one action, usually to stop the liquid inside …
Cambridge English vocab
SNIFF — Synonyms and related words : Aqua-Lung, artificial respiration, aspirate, aspiration, assibilate, assibilation, asthmatic wheeze, be warm, blow, breath, breath of …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROUND
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. all around around the clock bring around fool around hang around kick around mess around play around push around …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SNIFF — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , good , long ▪ little , slight , small ▪ loud VERB + SNIFF …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ROUND — See ↑ CIRCLE 2, ↑ ROUND 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ all round • ↑ be round/square/rectangular etc • ↑ bring …
Longman Activator English vocab
ROUND — INDEX: 1. shaped like a ball 2. shaped like a circle 3. an object shaped like a ball 4. with …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — INDEX: 1. around someone or something 2. to be surrounded by something 3. to move into a position around someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
AROUND — See ↑ AROUND/ROUND 1,4 ◆◆◆ • ↑ ask around • ↑ be around • ↑ come around • ↑ come …
Longman Activator English vocab
SNIFF — n. 25B6; verb she sniffed and blew her nose : INHALE, breathe in; snuffle. Tom sniffed the fruit : SMELL, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ROUND — n. 25B6; adjective a round window : CIRCULAR, disc-shaped, ring-shaped, hoop-shaped; spherical, spheroidal, globular, globe-shaped, orb-shaped; cylindrical; bulbous, rounded, rotund; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AROUND — adv. 25B6; adverb there were houses scattered around : ON EVERY SIDE, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SNIFF — n. 1 whiff, breath, odour, scent I got a sniff of her perfume as she walked by 2 hint, spirit, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ROUND — adj. 1 circular; disc-shaped, discoid, disc-like I prefer a round table to a square one She made a round motion …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AROUND — adv. 1 about, approximately, nearly, almost, roughly; circa There were around a dozen of us in the place 2 about, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SNIFF — 1. сущ. 1) вдох, втягиванье носом to take a sniff ≈ втянуть носом, вдохнуть Syn : inhalation 2) сопение, шмыгание …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROUND
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AROUND — 1. нареч. 1) всюду, кругом, повсюду the fountain, where they were sitting around ≈ фонтан, вокруг которого они сидели Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SNIFF — sniff.ogg 1. snıf n 1. сопение; шмыганье носом 2. фырканье, хмыканье to say smth. with a sniff - сказать что-л., …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ROUND — round.ogg _I 1. raʋnd n 1. 1> шар this earthly round - поэт. Земля 2> небесный свод 2. 1> круг, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AROUND — around.ogg 1. əʹraʋnd adv 1. 1> кругом; вокруг to turn around - вращаться см. тж. 4 he was turning around …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ROUND — 1) круг; окружность || скруглять 2) шар; сфера 3) матем. округлять 4) (рабочий) цикл 5) закругленная деталь 6) мн. ч. …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
ROUND — 1) круг; окружность || скруглять 2) шар; сфера 3) матем. округлять 4) (рабочий) цикл 5) закругленная деталь 6) мн. ч. метал. круглый профиль; круглый пруток; …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
ROUND — 1) вокруг 2) закруглять 3) контур 4) круг 5) кругло 6) круглодонный 7) круглый 8) кругом 9) обход 10) огибать 11) округлый 12) округлять 13) окружность 14) полуприем 15) скруглять 16) цикл 17) цилиндрический • bend round mandrel …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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