snout

UK /snaʊt/ US /snaʊt/
noun 5verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.

2

The front of the prow of a ship or boat.

The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.

3

A person's nose.

His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.

Whether his snout a perfect nose is, And not an elephant's proboscis

4

The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.

If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.

5

The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.

verb

1

To furnish with a nozzle or point.

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