'nose out' definitions:

Definition of 'nose out'

From: WordNet
verb
Recognize or detect by or as if by smelling; "He can smell out trouble" [syn: sniff out, scent out, smell out, nose out]

Definition of 'nose out'

From: GCIDE
  • Nose \Nose\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nosed (n[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Nosing.]
  • 1. To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently. [1913 Webster]
  • Lambs . . . nosing the mother's udder. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • A sort of national convention, dubious in its nature . . . nosed Parliament in the very seat of its authority. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to; meet. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 5. To furnish with a nose; as, to nose a stair tread. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 6. To examine with the nose or sense of smell. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 7. To make by advancing the nose or front end; as, the train nosed its way into the station; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 8. (Racing Slang) to beat by (the length of) a nose. Hence, to defeat in a contest by a small margin; also used in the form nose out. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]