snootful

American

[snoot-fool] / ˈsnut fʊl /

noun

Informal.

a sufficient amount of liquor to cause intoxication.

Spelling

See -ful.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

snootfuls

plural

Etymology

Origin of snootful

snoot + -ful

Example Sentences

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snootful snootfuls

Jon Hays, who would be at Nebraska-Omaha right now if it hadn't dropped football, gets a snootful of Vontaze Burfict.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2011

Frey and Don Henley wrote snootfuls of harmony-rich sunny-California easy-vibe megahits in the seventies, selling more than a hundred and fifty million Eagles records; after they broke up, in 1980, the songs just stuck around.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 19, 2016

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