dog-nose

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To nose around like a dog, to sniff as if searching

   • While Colonel John W. Sink, th’ eminent Grand Island cigar manufacturer, was out “dog-nosing” jack rabbits th’ other night, a glee club serenaded his home for two hours without response.
   • They come without being called, dog-nosing the air as though they sense a hard surface upon which they can lean or dash their heads.
2. 2

   To diagnose

   • So I dog-nosed my case, as it were, and proved to her that it was something that couldn’t be reached by boneset tea.
3. 3

   Related to a dog’s nose

   • He would smash his face into the doors at the end of his walks, trying to hasten their opening, and leave his little brown dog-nose smudges at his level.
   • Hang a bell from your doorknob at dog-nose height.

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