Snout
Definitions
- The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
- The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
- A person's nose.
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
- Tobacco; cigarettes.
- The terminus of a glacier.
- A police informer.
- A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
Equivalents
Examples
“The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.”
“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.”
“His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.”
“Whether his snout a perfect nose is, And not an elephant's proboscis”
“The bitter laugh⟳ laughs at that which is not good, it is the ethical laugh⟳. The hollow laugh⟳ laughs at that which is not true, it is the intellectual laugh⟳. Not good! Not true! Well well. But the mirthless laugh⟳ is the dianoetic laugh⟳, down the snout — Haw! — so.”
“If you place⟳ the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.”
“(Bob, p. 55:) Charlie was the most vicious screw 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.”
“LIZ. I only got one left. / FRED (calls). Get⟳ us some snout. / MIKE. Five or ten?”
“Also he was "doing his nut" for some "snout." I said I would provide⟳ cigarettes.”
“Raymond rolled a neat cigarette. "What about some snout, then?" "No, thanks." He laughed. Smoke⟳ drifted from his open⟳ mouth.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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