Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A snout or nose.
- noun A snob.
- transitive verb To treat haughtily.
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- noun slang
Nose - noun theater A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a
spotlight to restrict spill light.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- noun informal terms for the nose
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Here's a short article on how to make a simple "snoot" -- a lightproof tube that tightly directs the light from your camera flash.
Boing Boing 2007
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One of the first things that leaped off the page and clouted me in the snoot was a phrase in the opening paragraph.
so I went to my writer's meeting today.... Holly 2005
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And let's not forget Big Bill Thompson, the Chicago Mayor who threatened bodily harm to Britain's and Canada's King if he poked what Mr. Thompson somewhat inelegantly called his snoot into Chicago.
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The transmitter attaches to your camera, A snoot is a cone-shaped device that looks like an inverted funnel.
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The transmitter attaches to your camera, A snoot is a cone-shaped device that looks like an inverted funnel.
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Make a camera flash "snoot" for dramatic lighting effects
Boing Boing 2007
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Miss Bailey turned to the so lately placid face of Sadie in search of the devastating "snoot," but met only a serene glance of conscious guilelessness and the assurance:
Little Citizens Myra Kelly 1893
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I was just expanding on your self admission of being a "snoot".
Home Theater Forum Bill McA 2010
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I was just expanding on your self admission of being a "snoot".
Home Theater Forum Bill McA 2010
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I was just expanding on your self admission of being a "snoot".
Home Theater Forum 2009
laugharn commented on the word snoot
We are the Few, the Proud, the More or Less Constantly Appalled at Everyone Else.
December 8, 2006
andrew.simone commented on the word snoot
I love that, if you drop an 'o' from the word, its illocutionary force still seems to remain.
December 8, 2006
Louises commented on the word snoot
Pruning-snoot and reaping hook. Cold Comfort Farm
February 18, 2013