nose about

verb

nosed about; nosing about; noses about

British

: to search for something (such as private or hidden information) in usually a quiet or secret way

She caught him nosing about in her papers/office.

The police nosed about the property for a while, but they didn't find anything.

Examples of nose about in a Sentence

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The boys crashed inside, Zain throwing himself face down on a sofa still wearing his bloodied shirt, and Yazid nosing about looking for bandages and disinfectant. — Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for nose about

• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout
• dugout