snoot

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noun
  1. Slang. the nose.

  2. Informal. a snob.

verb (used with object)
  1. Informal. to behave disdainfully toward; condescend to: New arrivals in the town were snooted by older residents.

Origin of snoot

1
First recorded in1860–65; variant of snout

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How to use snoot in a sentence

  • Of course there are those who bristle at such neologisms—the scolds, the conservative prescriptivists, the SNOOTs.

  • I s'pose that fellow Michael in Youth's Encounter wouldn't talk about snoots.

    Free Air | Sinclair Lewis
  • She stood still in the snow, wrinkling her forehead and making funny "snoots" as Freddie called them, trying to widen her ears.

    The Bobbsey Twins at Home | Laura Lee Hope
  • I had to get rid of him because trade fell off on account the children complained he made snoots at 'em to scare 'em.

    Object: matrimony | Montague Glass

British Dictionary definitions for snoot

snoot

/ (snuːt) /


noun
  1. slang the nose

  2. photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated

Origin of snoot

1
C20: variant of snout

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