snub-nosed

American  

[snuhb-nohzd] / ˈsnʌbˌnoʊzd /

adjective

1. having a snub nose.

   a snub-nosed child.

2. having a blunt end.

   snub-nosed pliers.

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snub-nosed British  

adjective

1. having a short turned-up nose

2. (of a pistol) having an extremely short barrel

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Etymology

Origin of snub-nosed

First recorded in 1715–25

Example Sentences

Other popular members of this snub-nosed club include English bulldogs, Boston terriers, pugs and Brussels griffons.

From The Wall Street Journal

Presentations were given on the Mexican wolf, the black rhino, the red wolf, the black-footed ferret, the snub-nosed monkey, and others.

From Literature

A self-anointed “amateur primatologist” who has given talks about the evidence for the existence of Sasquatch, Saxon leaned into real-life primates for his design, primarily the endangered golden snub-nosed monkey found in remote Chinese mountains.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Butcher was the Michelangelo of Missouri, and his adorable snub-nosed Precious Moments characters were “the Beanie Babies of porcelain,” as The Wall Street Journal once put it.

From New York Times

The Pearl darter is a small, snub-nosed fish with a black spot at the base of its tail fin.

From Seattle Times