Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nose about

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: nose about
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To snoop around; to discreetly or covertly search or examine a place or situation.

Informal

Example Sentences

"2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographichttps://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-07-new-map-ancient-roads-china It’s not hard to find antique roads in China. The place has been shaped and reshaped by engineers for thousands of years. As any Chinese schoolchild will tell you, grand civilizations dating to the Bronze Age blazed intricate communications networks that expanded trade and maintained military control. By nosing about a bit on foot, you can locate ghostly remnants of these historic pathways almost anywhere today, often just a few steps away from expressways."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

noses about (present, singular) nosing about (participle, present) nosed about (participle, past) nosed about (past)

Phrases

nose around

Frequently Paired Words

nose around

Questions

What does nose about mean?: To snoop around; to discreetly or covertly search or examine a place or situation.

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