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nuuskia — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • nose noun The part of the face that contains the nostrils and is used for breathing and smelling.
  • pry verb To inquire into someone else's private affairs in a nosy or unwelcome way.
  • sniff verb To inhale audibly through the nose, often to smell something.
  • snoop verb To secretly investigate or pry into someone else's private matters.
  • snuffle verb To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.

Senses

nuuskia is used for these senses in English:

  • nose (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
  • sniff (ambitransitive) To make a short, audible inhalation, through the nose, as when smelling something.
  • sniff (computing) To intercept and analyse packets of data being transmitted over a network.
  • sniff out (transitive) To find (something) by using the sense of smell.
  • snoop To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
  • snuffle (intransitive) To sniff or smell with the nose loudly and audibly.

nose — full definition

  1. noun The part of the face that contains the nostrils and is used for breathing and smelling.
  2. noun The projecting front or tip of an object, such as an aircraft or vehicle.
  3. noun A person's sense of smell, or the ability to detect or judge something, especially wine or a story worth investigating.
  4. verb To move slowly and carefully forward, front end first.
  5. verb To pry or snoop into something, often as "nose around" or "nose into."

pry — full definition

  1. verb To inquire into someone else's private affairs in a nosy or unwelcome way.
  2. verb To force something open or lever it apart using a tool.
  3. noun A tool used for levering something open, such as a crowbar.

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