schnoz

schnoz  (shnz) also schnoz·zle (shnzl)

n. Slang

The human nose.

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[Probably alteration of Yiddish snoyts, snout, muzzle, from German Schnauze.]

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schnoz - informal terms for the nose hooter, schnozzle, snoot, snout, nozzle, honker, beak nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776