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• snoot — /snut/ (say snooht) noun Colloquial 1. the nose. 2. a snob. {20th century; variant of snout} …  

• snoot — [snut] n. the nose. □ You wanna get bopped on the snoot? □ That’s one fine zit you got on your snoot …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• snout — [13] Snout and snot [14] are very close etymologically. Both go back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snut or *snūt , source also of obsolete English snite ‘wipe or pick one’s nose’, German schneuzen ‘blow one’s nose’, and German… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• snout — [13] Snout and snot [14] are very close etymologically. Both go back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snut or *snūt , source also of obsolete English snite ‘wipe or pick one’s nose’, German schneuzen ‘blow one’s nose’, and German… …   Word origins

• snout — (n.) early 13c., trunk or projecting nose of an animal, from M.L.G. and M.Du. snute snout, from P.Gmc. *snut (Cf. Ger. Schnauze, Norw. snut, Dan. snude snout ), related to O.E. gesnot (see SNOT (Cf. snot)) …   Etymology dictionary

• rostrum — Snout Snout (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot}, {Snuff}.] 1. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Snout — (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot}, {Snuff}.] 1. The long,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Snout beetle — Snout Snout (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot}, {Snuff}.] 1. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Snout moth — Snout Snout (snout), n. [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn?ta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. {Snite}, {Snot}, {Snuff}.] 1. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• snout — noun Etymology: Middle English snute; akin to Middle Dutch snūt snout, German Schnauze Date: 13th century 1. a. (1) a long projecting nose (as of a swine) (2) an anterior prolongation of the head of various animals (as a weevil) ; rostrum b. the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary