snout

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noun
  1. the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.

  2. Entomology. an anterior prolongation of the head bearing the mouth parts, as in snout beetles.

  1. anything that resembles or suggests an animal's snout in shape, function, etc.

  2. a nozzle or spout.

  3. a person's nose, especially when large or prominent.

Origin of snout

1
1175–1225; Middle English snute; cognate with Dutch snuite,German Schnauze

Other words from snout

  • snouted, adjective
  • snoutless, adjective
  • snoutlike, adjective
  • un·snout·ed, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for snout

snout

/ (snaʊt) /


noun
  1. the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated

  2. the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils

  1. anything projecting like a snout, such as a nozzle or the lower end of a glacier

  2. slang a person's nose

  3. Also called: snout moth a brownish noctuid moth, Hypena proboscidalis, that frequents nettles: named from the palps that project prominently from the head at rest

  4. British slang a cigarette or tobacco

  5. slang an informer

Origin of snout

1
C13: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse snyta, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snūte

Derived forms of snout

  • snouted, adjective
  • snoutless, adjective
  • snoutlike, adjective

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