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SNOOT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for the nose

Synonyms:

beak; honker; hooter; nozzle; schnoz; schnozzle; snoot; snout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person regarded as arrogant and annoying

Synonyms:

prig; snob; snoot; snot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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)

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