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Webster 1913 Edition
Snout
Snout
(snout)
, Noun.
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.
Definition 2024
snout
snout
English
Noun
snout (plural snouts)
- The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
- The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.
- 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.
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- (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?)
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
- If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
- (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.
- 1967, Len Deighton, Only When I Laugh
- The terminus of a glacier.
- (slang) A police informer.
Translations
long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
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nose of a man (in contempt)
nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects
anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod
Verb
snout (third-person singular simple present snouts, present participle snouting, simple past and past participle snouted)
- To furnish with a nozzle or point.
References
- ↑ 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