snout

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -aʊt

[edit] 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 nose of a man, (in contempt).

   His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.

3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

   If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.

4. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
5. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
6. (British, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
   • 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.

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[edit] Verb

to snout

1. To furnish with a nozzle or point.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of nostu
• nutso