Snout

Word SNOUT
Character 5
Hyphenation snout
Pronunciations /snʌʊt/

Definitions and meanings of "Snout"

What do we mean by snout?

The projecting nose, jaws, or anterior facial part of an animal's head. noun

A similar prolongation of the anterior portion of the head in certain insects, such as weevils; a rostrum. noun

A spout or nozzle shaped like such a projection. noun

The human nose. noun

To furnish with a snout or nozle; point.

A part of the head which projects forward; the furthest part or fore end of the head; the nose, or nose and jaws, when protrusive; a proboscis; a muzzle; a beak, or beak-like part; a rostrum. noun

Specifically, in ichthyology, that part of the head which is in front of the eyes, ordinarily consisting of the jaws. noun

Anything that resembles the snout of a hog in shape or in being used for rooting or plowing up the ground. noun

In entomology: noun

The rostrum or beak of a rhynchophorons beetle or weevil. See snout-beetle and rostrum, and cuts under Balaninus and diamond-beetle. noun

A snout-like prolongation of, or formation on, the head of various other insects. See snout-butterfly, snout-mite, snout-moth. noun

The nozle or end of a hollow pipe. noun

Nautical, the beak or projecting prow of a ram. noun

The front of a glacier. noun

In conchology, the rostrum of a gastropod or similar mollusk. noun

The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine. noun

The nose of a man; -- in contempt. noun

The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc. noun

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.

British slang for a cigarette. Cigarettes are also called a grett or a chip. Urban Dictionary

British slang for cigarettes and illicit tobacco in prisons. can also mean anything unpleasant or nose and animal's muzzle. Urban Dictionary

1: An animal's nose. Also used as an insult for someone with a big nose, or to describe a greedy businessman (eg: snout in the trough). 2: A cigarette (other slang terms for this include fag, cancer stick and coffin nail). 3: A police informant. The term presumably derives from the informant 'sniffing out villains'. Other slang terms for a police informant include grass, stool-pigeon and copper's nark. Urban Dictionary

Irish term for protestants in the north of ireland. British term for illicit tobacco in prisons. Urban Dictionary

The part of an animal's head that sticks out; also called the muzzle. Normally referring to the nose or the facial features around it.(jaws, ect...) Urban Dictionary

Snout, otherwise known as nose Urban Dictionary

Singular or plural reference to cigarettes. Urban Dictionary

North Irish colloquialism for policeman Urban Dictionary

Irish in origin. Used to refer to filthy despicable Protestants. Urban Dictionary

Another slang term for Cocaine. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Snout

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The word "snout" in example sentences

So can prison officers and staff - because the government are scared of violent reactions from people supposedly in the power of the State if 'snout' is taken away. ❋ Laban (2006)

It must be difficult to notice the odd £100,000 or so missing when your snout is buried so deeply in the trough. ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)

With the musculature of these swine, an upward thrust of the snout is impressive with the "cutters" turned slightly outward, the results are most impressive! ❋ Unknown (2007)

Like pigs, peccaries use a specialised rhinarial disk for rooting in soil and their snout is specialised for this behaviour. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

First described for a partial snout from the Brazilian Santana Formation, Tupuxuara longicristatus Kellner & Campos, 1988 is a toothless Cretaceous pterosaur with a rather long, subtriangular skull. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

The narrow, pointed snout is better for getting the nostrils into small puddles and other bodies, and the vertical ridge at the front of the olfactory chamber seems to anchor a soft-tissue valve that prevents water from being snarfed deep into the olfactory chamber (as would happen with any normal tortoise, were it to try drinking like this). ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Know then, that I have had a Barbet brought me from France, so exactly like the Sultan that he has been mistaken for him several times; only his snout is shorter, and his ears longer than the Sultan's. ❋ Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield (1733)

In company like Duncan’s, my snout is a rank amateur. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though Lucy’s snout is damn cute, and I’ll bet her teeth are pretty well free of black tartar. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given that we’re talking about multiple species that differed in snout shape and tooth morphology, it seems that the species varied in their diet and behaviour. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

"I think a good punch in the snout is a fine remedy for most insults," ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

I think a good punch in the snout is a fine remedy for most insults, and a lot better than using the courts as a playground. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

McDonnell went what you might call the snout-to-tail route, building up a gorgeously branded online presence which, as Colin Delany highlights here, consisted of a website full of tools and resources, a custom Ning network transformed into the McDonnell action community, and more. ❋ Scola, Nancy (2009)

A good punch in the snout is the *proper* response to most insults. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

And beneath the snout was my Fairbanks Jr. mustache. ❋ Jonathan Ames (2004)

In those of them, however, whose jaws project forwards and taper to a narrow end, so as to form what is called a snout, the nostrils are placed in this projection, there being no other available plan; while, in the rest, there is a more definite demarcation between nostrils and jaws. ❋ Unknown (2002)

You [got] a snout [mate]? ❋ ENGLAND! (2006)

['ere], [got] any snout? ❋ Jakethejaffacake (2011)

"Getting snout in [jail] is a [nightmare] if you used to be a [police] snout". ❋ Stormsworder (2007)

did ye see them snouts on the news last night attacking [holy cross girls] school with [blast] [bombs] and bottles filled with piss? ❋ Da Origanal Playa (2006)

When that [boar] [stuck it's] huge snout in my face, I thought I was a [gonner]! Luckily, it only wanted to catch my scent. ❋ Raine Storms (2005)

[give us] [dat] snout fewdz ❋ Fwedz (2003)

"[Give us] a snout." "[I need] to [get some] snout." ❋ Eon (2003)

The snouts [took] him ❋ Mickey (2003)

I hate those fucking snouts, all they do is steal [cars] and [burn] [flags]. ❋ Delicious Cherry Flavoured Snack (2004)

"Man I can't [mess with] that snout right now, my nose is [bleeding] from too much [baking soda]!" ❋ Ginsburg (2008)

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