snoot

American  

[snoot] / snut /

noun

1. Slang. the nose.

2. Informal. a snob.

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verb (used with object)

1. Informal. to behave disdainfully toward; condescend to.

   New arrivals in the town were snooted by older residents.

snoot British  

/ snuːt /

noun

1. slang the nose

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

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Usage

What does snoot mean? Snoot is a slang term for a snob—a snooty person.This sense of snoot is always used negatively. It refers to a person who thinks they have better taste or higher standards than other people and treats them in a condescending way because of it. The adjective snooty is much more commonly used than the noun snoot.Much less commonly, snoot can be used as a verb meaning “to act snobbily towards.”Snoot is also a slang term for a nose or snout (and in fact it originated as a variant of the word snout). This sense of snoot is usually used very informally, especially as a cutesy way of referring to a dog’s snout, as in Aw, look at you—I just want to boop your snoot!Example: When it comes to dog snouts, I’m a bit of a snoot—I just love a big honking snoot and nothing else will do!

Etymology

Origin of snoot

First recorded in 1860–65; variant of snout

Example Sentences

True to its name, this shiny, black, speckled mushroom looks exactly like the snoot on a dog.

From Salon

Why was he so interested in writing thrillers — particularly at a time when he was, as he says, a “literary snoot?”

From Washington Post

Ms. Heller’s obituary noted that her father considered many of these people “wannabe blue bloods, snoots and summer barnacles that roamed about town.”

From New York Times

More than that, the anatomy of the roughly 125 million-year-old snoot bears a striking resemblance to that of another pterosaur found thousands of miles away.

From Scientific American

But, unlike a team of costumed super-villains, they can’t be halted with a punch in the snoot, or a zap from a ray gun.

From Salon