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snout  (snout)

n.

1.

a. The projecting nose, jaws, or anterior facial part of an animal's head.

b. A similar prolongation of the anterior portion of the head in certain insects, such as weevils; a rostrum.

c. A spout or nozzle shaped like such a projection.

2. Slang The human nose.

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[Middle English, probably of Old English origin.]

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snout [snaʊt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils

3. anything projecting like a snout, such as a nozzle or the lower end of a glacier

4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Slang a person's nose

5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called snout moth a brownish noctuid moth, Hypena proboscidalis, that frequents nettles: named from the palps that project prominently from the head at rest

6. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Brewing) Brit slang a cigarette or tobacco

7. Slang an informer

[of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse snyta, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snūte]

snouted  adj

snoutless  adj

snoutlike  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snout - a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose neb muzzle - forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose proboscis, trunk - a long flexible snout as of an elephant 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"
	2.	snout - informal terms for the nose hooter, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, 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
	3.	snout - beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils rostrum 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"

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snout

noun proboscis, nose, jaws, trunk, beak, mouth, muzzle Two alligators rest their snouts on the water's surface.

Translations

snout [snaʊt] N

1. (= nose) [of animal] → hocico m, morro m [of person] → napias fpl

2. (= tobacco) → tabaco m, cigarrillos mpl

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snout [ˈsnaʊt] n → museau m

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snout

n

(of animal) → Schnauze f; (of pig also, of insect) → Rüssel m; (inf, of person) → Rüssel m (inf), → Zinken m (inf)

(sl: = informer) → Spitzel m

(Brit, inf, = tobacco) → Knaster m (inf)

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snout [snaʊt] n (of animal) → muso; (of pig) → grugno

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snout [snaʊt] n (of animal) → muso; (of pig) → grugno

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snout

n snout [snaut]

the projecting mouth and nose part of certain animals, especially of a pig. snuit فِنْطيسَة الخِنْزير зурла rypák tryne die Schnauze ρύγχος, μουσούδα morro, hocico kärss پوزه kärsä museau, groin חוֹטֶם थूथन, थुथनी rilo, gubica orr, ormány moncong trÿni, snoppa, snjáldur muso, grugno (豚の)鼻 (돼지 등의 튀어나온) 주둥이와 코 snukis snuķis jongor snuit snute pysk, ryj focinho rât, bot рыло, морда rypák rilec njuška nos, tryne จมูกและปากของสัตว์ burun 豬(等的)嘴鼻 рило; морда تھوتھنی mũi, mõm 猪（等的）嘴鼻