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SNOOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snoot mean?
• SNOOT (noun)
The noun SNOOT has 2 senses:
1. a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
2. informal terms for the nose
Familiarity information: SNOOT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person regarded as arrogant and annoying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("snoot" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Derivation:
snooty ((used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Informal terms for the nose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
beak; honker; hooter; nozzle; schnoz; schnozzle; snoot; snout
Hypernyms ("snoot" is a kind of...):
nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (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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