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  • past tense form of smell.
  • past participle of smell.
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smelt

[smelt] / smɛlt /




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Look no further than GameStop’s $56 billion bid for eBay, which is the equivalent of a smelt swallowing a whale.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Populations of Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, Delta smelt and other species have been declining.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025

In my family, everyone new to the table — new partners, neighbors, friends — must try a smelt.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

"The worst part was the water. It smelt like sewage. We drank as little as possible."

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Dawn was coming, and the air smelt salty cold.

From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye




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