"sniff around" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sniffs around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sniffing around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sniffed around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sniffed around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "sniff around (third-person singular simple present sniffs around, present participle sniffing around, simple past and past participle sniffed around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"around\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "If he moved a muscle, they would both be in DEEP TROUBLE.\n“It must have been a bird, Mr Big,” said Dad.\n“Ruddy big bird,” muttered the little man. “Now we have to get out of here before the fuzz start sniffing around. Fingers, get the Rolls resprayed and change the number plates in case they trace it.”\n“Yes, guv’nor.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Investigate; inspect; look for information."
      ],
      "id": "en-sniff_around-en-verb-mgACet7r",
      "links": [
        [
          "Investigate",
          "investigate"
        ],
        [
          "inspect",
          "inspect"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sniff around"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sniffs around",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sniffing around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sniffed around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sniffed around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "sniff around (third-person singular simple present sniffs around, present participle sniffing around, simple past and past participle sniffed around)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"around\"",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "If he moved a muscle, they would both be in DEEP TROUBLE.\n“It must have been a bird, Mr Big,” said Dad.\n“Ruddy big bird,” muttered the little man. “Now we have to get out of here before the fuzz start sniffing around. Fingers, get the Rolls resprayed and change the number plates in case they trace it.”\n“Yes, guv’nor.”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Investigate; inspect; look for information."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Investigate",
          "investigate"
        ],
        [
          "inspect",
          "inspect"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sniff around"
}