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Definition of Get a whiff
1. Verb. Smell strongly and intensely.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Get A Whiff
Literary usage of Get a whiff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Dance Hall to White Slavery: The World's Greatest Tragedy by John Dillon, H. W. Lytle (1912)
""No, sir, there's no use talking, when they once get a whiff of that dope they
might as well jump in the lake. They're no good. ..."
2. The Big Game of Africa by Richard Tjader (1910)
"A strong southwest breeze was blowing, and as I approached the animals from the
northeast there was no possible chance for them to get a whiff of our wind. ..."
3. The Clinical Journal (1904)
"Of course it is not very pleasant to get a whiff of the breath of such persons
as are alcoholics, but you must not be | particular when you have to find out ..."
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