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Webster 1913 Edition


Snout

Snout

(snout)
,
Noun.
[OE.
snoute
, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG.
snute
, D.
snuit
, G.
schnauze
, Sw.
snut
,
snyte
, Dan.
snude
, Icel.
sn[GREEK]ta
to blow the nose; probably akin to E.
snuff
, v.t. Cf.
Snite
,
Snot
,
Snuff
.]
1.
The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
2.
The nose of a man; – in contempt.
Hudibras.
3.
The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4.
(Zool.)
(a)
The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; – called also
rostrum
.
(b)
The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
Snout beetle
(Zool.)
,
any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil.
Snout moth
(Zool.)
,
any pyralid moth. See
Pyralid
.

Snout

,
Verb.
T.
To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Webster 1828 Edition


Snout

SNOUT

, n.
1.
The long projecting nose of a beast, as that of swine.
2.
The nose of a man; in contempt.
3.
The nozzle or end of a hollow pipe.

SNOUT

,
Verb.
T.
To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Definition 2024


snout

snout

English

Noun

snout (plural snouts)

  1. The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
    The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.
  2. The front of the prow of a ship or boat. [First attested in 1387.][1]
    • 1944, Miles Burton, The Three Corpse Trick, chapter 5:
      The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
  3. (derogatory) A person's nose.
    His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Hudibras to this entry?)
  4. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
    If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.
  5. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
  6. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
  7. (Britain, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
    • 1967, Len Deighton, Only When I Laugh
      (Bob, p. 55:) Charlie was the most vicious **** on the block ... He caught me with the two ounces of snout right in my hand, caught me by the hair, and swung me round in the exercise yard ...
      (Spider, p. 175:) She brings me snout and sweets, and sometimes a cake from Mum.
    • 1982, Edward Bond, Saved
      LIZ. I only got one left. / FRED (calls). Get us some snout. / MIKE. Five or ten?
    • 2000, Joe Randolph Ackerley, P N Furbank, We Think the World of You
      Also he was "doing his nut" for some "snout." I said I would provide cigarettes.
    • 2004, Allan Sillitoe, New and Collected Stories
      Raymond rolled a neat cigarette. "What about some snout, then?" "No, thanks." He laughed. Smoke drifted from his open mouth.
  8. The terminus of a glacier.
  9. (slang) A police informer.

Translations

Verb

snout (third-person singular simple present snouts, present participle snouting, simple past and past participle snouted)

  1. To furnish with a nozzle or point.

References

  1. J. A. Simpson and E. S. C. Weiner (prepared by), The Compact Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (Claredon Press, Oxford 1991 [1989], ISBN 0-19-861258-3), page 1811

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