smelt

(noun) small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water.

(noun) small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters.

(verb) extract (metals) by heating.

(verb) inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense. Synonyms: smell.

(verb) emit an odor. Synonyms: smell. Example: "The soup smells good."

(verb) smell bad. Synonyms: smell. Example: "He rarely washes, and he smells."

(verb) have an element suggestive (of something). Synonyms: smack, reek, smell. Examples: "His speeches smacked of racism." "This passage smells of plagiarism."

(verb) become aware of not through the senses but instinctively. Synonyms: smell, smell out, sense. Examples: "I sense his hostility." "I smell trouble." "Smell out corruption."