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snoot
(sno͞ot) Informaln.
1. A snout or nose.
2. A snob.
tr.v. snoot·ed, snoot·ing, snoots
To treat haughtily: a couple who were snooted by the headwaiter.
[Dialectal variant of snout.]
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snoot
(snuːt)n
1. (Anatomy) slang the nose
2. (Photography) photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated
3. (Film) photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated
4. (Broadcasting) photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated
[C20: variant of snout]
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snoot
(snut)n. Informal.
1. the nose.
2. a snob.
v.t. 3. to snub.
[1860–65; variant of snout]
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Noun | 1. | snoot - a person regarded as arrogant and annoying disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
2. | snoot - informal terms for the nose nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 |
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snoot
noun1. Informal. The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract:
Informal: beak.
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