WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
smell out v 1: recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell out trouble" [syn: sniff out, scent out, smell out, nose out] 2: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively; "I sense his hostility"; "i smell trouble"; "smell out corruption" [syn: smell, smell out, sense]