sharp-nosed

[ shahrp-nohzd ]

/ ˈʃɑrpˈnoʊzd /

adjective

having a thin, pointed nose.

having a sharp or projecting front: a sharp-nosed airplane.

having a keen or sensitive sense of smell.

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Origin of sharp-nosed

First recorded in 1555–65

OTHER WORDS FROM sharp-nosed

sharp-nosed·ly

[shahrp-nohzd-lee, -noh-zid-] /ˈʃɑrpˈnoʊzd li, -ˈnoʊ zɪd-/, adverbsharp-nosed·ness, noun

Words nearby sharp-nosed

sharp-eared, sharp-edged, sharp-eyed, sharp-focus realism, sharp-freeze, sharp-nosed, sharp-set, sharp-shinned hawk, sharp-sighted, sharp-tailed grouse, sharp-tailed sparrow

Example sentences from the Web for sharp-nosed

“You know they shut the schools for girls in Herat,” the sharp-nosed brunette said.
When Everything Changed|Gayle Tzemach Lemmon|March 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST
With both wind and current meeting the canoe, no suspicion of his presence catches the scent of the sharp-nosed swimmer.
The Story of the Trapper|A. C. Laut
He was a gaunt, sharp-eyed, sharp-nosed, and sharp-tongued man.
At the Crossroads|Harriet T. Comstock
The face of the old woman alone peeped out from them; a yellow, wrinkled, sharp-nosed, toothless face.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems|Ivan Turgenev

He stood as if grown to the spot, until a sharp-nosed woman elbowed her way in front of him, to see what interested him.
Aunt 'Liza's Hero and Other Stories|Annie Fellows Johnston
"Shouldn't wonder if that car's ball-bearings ain't broken," said the sharp-nosed chauffeur.
The Port of Adventure|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson