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snout

UK/snaʊt/ US/snʌʊt/ uncommon slang uk

noun

1.

a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal''s head; especially the nose

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3.

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

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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • American snout
  • elephant's snout volute
  • hog's snout
  • least snout-bean
  • snout beetle
  • snout butterfly
  • snout moth
  • swine's snout

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