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schnozzle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Probably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”) and English snout. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930.

Meanings

1. (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large.
   • Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante. 1932, “The Passionate Plumber”, in Motion Picture, page 64:
   • I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me. 1947, Leslie Waller, Show Me the Way, page 31:

Forms

Synonyms

sneck · sniffer · snout · conk · snitch · schnozzle · honker · trunk · schnoz, schnozz, shnoz, schnozzola · pecker · schnozzola · boko · beak · smeller · hooter · conk · hooter · schnozz · neb · proboscis · snotbox · beak · honker · nose · schnoz · snoot · snoot · beezer

Translations (31)

pl nochal (slang: human nose, especially large one) · es hocico (slang: human nose, especially large one) · pl kinol (slang: human nose, especially large one) · nb nesegrev (slang: human nose, especially large one) · eo nazego (slang: human nose, especially large one) · sv kran (slang: human nose, especially large one) · it nasone (slang: human nose, especially large one) · de Zinken (slang: human nose, especially large one) · fr blair (slang: human nose, especially large one) · nb snyteskaft (slang: human nose, especially large one) · de Knolle (slang: human nose, especially large one) · ru шно́бель (slang: human nose, especially large one) · cs frňák (slang: human nose, especially large one) · fr pif (slang: human nose, especially large one) · el μυτόγκα (slang: human nose, especially large one) · sv tryne (slang: human nose, especially large one) · de Rüssel (slang: human nose, especially large one) · pt narigão (slang: human nose, especially large one) · sk raťafák (slang: human nose, especially large one) · yi שנאָבל (slang: human nose, especially large one) · bg ци́вка (slang: human nose, especially large one) · ru пая́льник (slang: human nose, especially large one) · es tocha (slang: human nose, especially large one) · hu ormány (slang: human nose, especially large one) · hu hefti (slang: human nose, especially large one) · es napia (slang: human nose, especially large one) · fi klyyvari (slang: human nose, especially large one) · fr tarin (slang: human nose, especially large one) · de Riecher (slang: human nose, especially large one) · fi nokka (slang: human nose, especially large one) · ru руби́льник (slang: human nose, especially large one)