Snout

Quick meaning: Snout is a noun meaning The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

Meaning

The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

More Meanings

1. The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
2. (derogatory) A person's nose.
3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
4. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
5. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
6. (British, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
7. The terminus of a glacier.

Example Sentences

The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.

His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.

Whether his snout a perfect nose is, And not an elephant's proboscis

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

Word Forms

• snouts
• snouting
• snouted

Synonyms for snout

Depending on context, synonyms include rostrum, beak, neb, schnozzle, snoot, nozzle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include schnozzle, beak, neb, nozzle, hooter, snoot.

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