snout en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
- /snaʊt/
- /snʌʊt/ (Canada)
Etymology
From Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, *snūte or Middle Low German snûte, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Compare Saterland Frisian Snuute (“snout”), West Frisian snút (“snout”), Dutch snuit or snoet (“snout; cute face”), German Low German Snuut (“snout”), German Schnauze, Schnute (“snout”). Doublet of snoot.
Meanings
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The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.
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The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
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.
1944, Miles Burton, The Three Corpse Trick, chapter 5:
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(derogatory) A person's nose.
Whether his snout a perfect nose is, And not an elephant's proboscis
1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.
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.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
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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.
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(UK, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
(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.
1967, Len Deighton, Only When I Larf:Also he was "doing his nut" for some "snout." I said I would provide cigarettes.
2000, Joe Randolph Ackerley, P N Furbank, We Think the World of You:LIZ. I only got one left. / FRED (calls). Get us some snout. / MIKE. Five or ten?
1982, Edward Bond, Saved:Raymond rolled a neat cigarette. "What about some snout, then?" "No, thanks." He laughed. Smoke drifted from his open mouth.
2004, Allan Sillitoe, New and Collected Stories:
- The terminus of a glacier.
- (slang) A police informer.
- A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| snouts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
snoutish · snoutless · snout beetle · snout butterfly · starsnout · elephant's snout volute · snouted · snoutbean · snoutful · least snout-bean · American snout · snoutlike · swine's snout · snoutane · tubesnout · snouty · tiger snout seahorse · snout-fair · hog's snout · snout moth
Translations (147)
fi etureuna (terminus of a glacier) · es probóscide (anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects) · es narices (nose of a man (in contempt)) · he חוטם (nose of a man (in contempt)) · pl ryj (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · hi थूथन (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · cmn 口吻 (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · te ముట్టె (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · es trompa (anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod) · hu ormány (anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects) · pt focinho (nose of a man (in contempt)) · cy trwyn (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ga smuilc (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · bg голям нос (nose of a man (in contempt)) · oc morre (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ast morru (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · no tryne (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · da snude (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · eo muzelo (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · sk ňufák (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · he פיה (nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.) · tet inur (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi kokka (front of the prow of a ship or boat) · ca musell (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · uk мо́рда (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · nn snute (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · es boquilla (nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.) · fi rööki (slang: tobacco; cigarettes) · be мо́рда (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ast focicu (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · hy մռութ (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · gl fociño (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ja 鼻面 (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fa نس (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · pl ryj (nose of a man (in contempt)) · hy դունչ (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · sv tryne (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · id jungur (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · tg фӯк (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · nds Snuut (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ru сопло́ (nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.) · es trompa (anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects) · et koon (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · es narizota (nose of a man (in contempt)) · el ρύγχος (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · eu mutur (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi vasikka (slang: police informer) · mk муцка (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · de Rüssel (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · bg ри́ло (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · de Schnauze (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ru руби́льник (nose of a man (in contempt)) · is snjáldur (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi klyyvari (nose of a man (in contempt)) · ny njidi (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · da snudeskaft (nose of a man (in contempt)) · fi pää (nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.) · da snude (nose of a man (in contempt)) · et kärss (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi kärsä (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · izh morda (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ba морон (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · gd sròn (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ba морон (anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects) · lt snukis (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · nl snoet (nose of a man (in contempt)) · bg муцуна (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · it proboscide (nose of a man (in contempt)) · bg нос (front of the prow of a ship or boat) · sh њушка (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · eo rostro (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · be ры́ла (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · pt focinho (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fa پوزه (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · mi ihu (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · nl snuit (nose of a man (in contempt)) · arz بوز (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ko 주둥이 (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ru ры́ло (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi kärsä (anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects) · arz إبواز (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · cs rypák (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ru шно́бель (nose of a man (in contempt)) · id moncong (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · yi פּיסק (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · sk rypák (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · vo svinaprobodül (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · bcl ngudoy (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ca nas (nose of a man (in contempt)) · fa پوز (nose of a man (in contempt)) · es probóscide (anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod) · nl snuit (anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects) · fr indic (slang: police informer) · it muso (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · vo snud (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · yi שנויץ (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ro bot (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · uz angor (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ro rât (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fr museau (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · es hocico (anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod) · ca nàpia (nose of a man (in contempt)) · hy կնճիթ (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · he חוטם (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ny chanana (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ca morro (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fr groin (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · nl snuit (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · de Hundeschnauze (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · th พวย (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · uk пи́сок (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi suu (nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.) · ga soc (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ar خَطْم (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · zu impumulo (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · de Schweinerüssel (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · mn хошуу (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · sl gobec (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · es hocico (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · sh njuška (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi kärsä (anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod) · fi turpa (herbivores) (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ka დინგი (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · uk хра́па (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · da tryne (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · cs čumák (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ko 코 (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · nb snute (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · it grugno (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · is trýni (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · km ច្រមុះ (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · es hocico (anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects) · grc ῥύγχος (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · be мы́са (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi kuono (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · gl morro (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · hu pofa (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · bg доносник (slang: police informer) · uk ри́ло (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · fi nokka (nose of a man (in contempt)) · sv nos (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ga smut (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ru ры́ло (nose of a man (in contempt)) · vo probodül (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · gl napia (nose of a man (in contempt)) · vi mõm (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast) · ru мо́рда (long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast)