Associations to the word «Snout»

Pictures for the word «Snout»

Wiktionary

SNOUT, noun. The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
SNOUT, noun. The front of the prow of a ship or boat. [First attested in 1387.]
SNOUT, noun. (derogatory) A person's nose.
SNOUT, noun. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
SNOUT, noun. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
SNOUT, noun. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
SNOUT, noun. (British) (slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
SNOUT, noun. The terminus of a glacier.
SNOUT, noun. (slang) A police informer.
SNOUT, verb. To furnish with a nozzle or point.
SNOUT BEETLE, noun. A weevil; specifically, a true weevil (beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae)
SNOUT BEETLES, noun. Plural of snout beetle
SNOUT MOTH, noun. (entomology) An eggar.
SNOUT MOTHS, noun. Plural of snout moth

Dictionary definition

SNOUT, noun. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose.
SNOUT, noun. Informal terms for the nose.
SNOUT, noun. Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils.

Wise words

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