snout

English

/snaʊt/, /snʌʊt/

noun
Definitions
  • The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
  • The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
  • (derogatory) A person's nose.
  • The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
  • The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
  • The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
  • (British) Tobacco; cigarettes.
  • The terminus of a glacier.
  • (slang) A police informer.
  • A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily , notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English snowte inherited from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*snūtaz

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