SNOUT

snout, neb

(noun) a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal’s head; especially the nose

snout, rostrum

(noun) beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz

(noun) informal terms for the nose

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

snout (plural snouts)

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

The front of the prow of a ship or boat. [First attested in 1387.]

(derogatory) 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.

(British, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.

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.

Verb

snout (third-person singular simple present snouts, present participle snouting, simple past and past participle snouted)

To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Anagrams

• Notus, Tuson, noust, nouts, nutso, tonus

Source: Wiktionary

Snout, n. Etym: [OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. sn to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff.]

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

2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. Hudibras.

3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

4. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles. Snout beetle (Zoöl.), any one of many species of beetles having an elongated snout and belonging to the tribe Rhynchophora; a weevil.

– Snout moth (Zoöl.), any pyralid moth. See Pyralid.

Snout, v. t.

Definition: To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition