snoot

English

Etymology

From a Scots cognate of snout.

Noun

snoot (plural snoots)

(slang) Nose
(theater) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.

Synonyms

(nose): See Thesaurus:nose

Related terms

Translations

slang: human nose — see schnozzle

theater: cylindrical or conical attachment on a spotlight

Finnish: veitsi (fi)

Russian: тубус (ru) m (tubus)

Anagrams

ONTOS, Ontos, Soton, oonts, tonos, toons

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

snoot

singular past indicative of snuiten

Scots

Noun

snoot (plural snoots)

(anatomy) snout, face, head
(geography) a projecting point of land
peak of a cap
(slang) detective, policeman

Derived terms

snoot-cloot

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