snoot
Slang. the nose.
Informal. a snob.
Informal. to behave disdainfully toward; condescend to: New arrivals in the town were snooted by older residents.
Origin of snoot
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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.
The Oxford English Dictionary: The Original Crowdsourcer | Josh Dzieza | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI s'pose that fellow Michael in Youth's Encounter wouldn't talk about snoots.
Free Air | Sinclair LewisShe 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 HopeI 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
/ (snuːt) /
slang the nose
photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated
Origin of snoot
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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