| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
scent (sɛnt) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a distinctive smell, esp a pleasant one |
| 2. | a smell left in passing, by which a person or animal may be traced |
| 3. | a trail, clue, or guide |
| 4. | an instinctive ability for finding out or detecting |
| 5. | another word (esp Brit) for perfume |
| —vb | |
| 6. | (tr) to recognize or be aware of by or as if by the smell |
| 7. | (tr) to have a suspicion of; detect: I scent foul play |
| 8. | (tr) to fill with odour or fragrance |
| 9. | (intr) (of hounds, etc) to hunt by the sense of smell |
| 10. | to smell (at): the dog scented the air |
| [C14: from Old French sentir to sense, from Latin sentīre to feel; see | |
| 'scented | |
| —adj | |
| 'scentless | |
| —adj | |
| 'scentlessness | |
| —n | |
scent (sɛnt) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a distinctive smell, esp a pleasant one |
| 2. | a smell left in passing, by which a person or animal may be traced |
| 3. | a trail, clue, or guide |
| 4. | an instinctive ability for finding out or detecting |
| 5. | another word (esp Brit) for perfume |
| —vb | |
| 6. | (tr) to recognize or be aware of by or as if by the smell |
| 7. | (tr) to have a suspicion of; detect: I scent foul play |
| 8. | (tr) to fill with odour or fragrance |
| 9. | (intr) (of hounds, etc) to hunt by the sense of smell |
| 10. | to smell (at): the dog scented the air |
| [C14: from Old French sentir to sense, from Latin sentīre to feel; see | |
| 'scented | |
| —adj | |
| 'scentless | |
| —adj | |
| 'scentlessness | |
| —n | |