snoot
Americannoun
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Slang. the nose.
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Informal. a snob.
verb (used with object)
noun
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slang the nose
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photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated
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
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Some of the villains who incensed him might have earned it—like the businessman who’d once kicked at Snoot on Second Avenue—but this can’t be true of all the publishing operatives at whom he uncorked.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 2, 2019
Snoot suffered: he endured treatments to his paws, and for digestive troubles, and other ailments.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 2, 2019
Kickstarter raised $440,237 from 5,770 backers and caught the attention of British independent film producer Keith Calder, whose Snoot Entertainment picked up the rest of what would ultimately be an $8-million budget.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2015
Best tidbits in Snoot If You Must are its stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
Did you say your name was Smoot, or Snoot?
From Aces Up by Clarke, Covington
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