snoot

English

Etymology

From a Scots cognate of snout.

Noun

snoot (plural snoots)

1. (slang) Nose
2. (theater) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.

Translations

slang: nose

• Finnish: klyyvari (fi), nenu (fi), nessu (fi), nokka (fi)

theater: cylindrical or conical attachment on a spotlight

• Finnish: veitsi (fi)

• Russian: тубус (ru) (tubus) m

Synonyms

• (nose): schnozz, schnozzola

Related terms

• snootful
• snooty

Anagrams

• ONTOS, Ontos, Soton, toons

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Dutch

Verb

snoot

1. singular past indicative of snuiten

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Scots

Noun

snoot (plural snoots)

1. (anatomy) snout, face, head
2. (geography) a projecting point of land
3. peak of a cap
4. (slang) detective, policeman

Derived terms

• snoot-cloot