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Snout

noun
/snʌʊt/
Word Frequency: 1.0

Definitions

1.nounThe long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
"The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout."
2.nounThe front of the prow of a ship or boat.
3.nounA person's nose.
"His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout."
4.nounThe nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
"If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much."
5.nounThe anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
6.nounThe anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
7.nounTobacco; cigarettes.
8.nounThe terminus of a glacier.
9.nounA police informer.
10.nounA butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
11.verbTo furnish with a nozzle or point.

Synonyms

schnozzlebeaknebhonkernozzlehootersnootrostrumpiglikeforeheadmuzzlenose

Rhymes With

stoutroutflouttoutdevoutcarry outdoubtspout
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