Get A Whiff (Verb)
Meaning
Smell strongly and intensely.
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Examples
- The firework explosion made everyone get a whiff of the sulfur smell.
- As she opened the dumpster, she had to hold her nose to avoid getting a whiff of the rotting trash.
- The sewage back-up caused everyone in the building to get a whiff of the putrid smell.
- He had to cover his nose when he got a whiff of the smell coming from the dead fish.
- When the train went through the tunnel, passengers got a whiff of the acrid smell of smoke.