snoot

[snoot]

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.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of snoot¹

First recorded in 1860–65; variant of snout

Word History and Origins

Origin of snoot¹

C20: variant of _snout

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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When To Use

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!