snootful

American

[snoot-fool] / ˈsnut fʊl /

noun

Informal.

plural

snootfuls

a sufficient amount of liquor to cause intoxication.

Spelling

See -ful.

Etymology

Origin of snootful

snoot + -ful

Example Sentences

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Now it would be easy to just figure that old Aunt Nancy had just gotten too much of a snootful of spiked egg nog and shuffle her off to bed.

From Washington Times

Escoffier, after all, did just fine without an immersion circulator or a snootful of chermoula.

From Los Angeles Times

The flexible "wrist" of a turtle helps reduce such slipping, and prevents the creature from winding up with a snootful of sand, the team reports online today in Bioinspiration and Biomimetics.

From Science Magazine

Having just gotten a snootful of what Bruce Weber had put together at Illinois, Gonzaga now confronts his newest creation Saturday night in the Battle in Seattle at KeyArena.

From Seattle Times

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

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