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SNUB-NOSED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snub-nosed mean?
• SNUB-NOSED (adjective)
The adjective SNUB-NOSED has 1 sense:
1. having a blunt nose
Familiarity information: SNUB-NOSED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a blunt nose
Synonyms:
pug-nose; pug-nosed; short-nosed; snub-nosed
Context example:
a snub-nosed automatic
Similar:
nosed (having a nose (either literal or metaphoric) especially of a specified kind)
Context examples
Turning me around by one arm he moved a broad flat hand along the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden, a half acre of deep pungent roses and a snub-nosed motor boat that bumped the tide off shore.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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