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snout
[ snout ]
noun
- the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
- Entomology. an anterior prolongation of the head bearing the mouth parts, as in snout beetles.
- anything that resembles or suggests an animal's snout in shape, function, etc.
- a nozzle or spout.
- a person's nose, especially when large or prominent.
snout
/ snaʊt /
noun
- the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated
- the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils
- anything projecting like a snout, such as a nozzle or the lower end of a glacier
- slang.a person's nose
- Also calledsnout moth a brownish noctuid moth, Hypena proboscidalis, that frequents nettles: named from the palps that project prominently from the head at rest
- slang.a cigarette or tobacco
- slang.an informer
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Derived Forms
- ˈsnoutless, adjective
- ˈsnoutˌlike, adjective
- ˈsnouted, adjective
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Other Words From
- snouted adjective
- snoutless adjective
- snoutlike adjective
- un·snouted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snout1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snout1
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Example Sentences
As his grizzled snout suggests, Orlando is 11 years old, which translates to 77 in dog years.
Had the automatic snout poking through the steel grille of the rear of the cage.
Despite the speed of his dive, they were gaining on him, coming up fast; one snout that ended in a cupped depression was plain.
With a roast apple in his snout, and a ribbon—a blue—no, a pink ribbon decorating his ornery little tail.
He walks on all fours, and his length, from the snout to the origin of his tail, is about a foot and a half.
As I was dipping my tin mug into the lake, a huge snout suddenly rose, and very nearly caught my hand, as well as the mug.
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