hooter
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8.7
- noun
- /ˈhuːtər/
- Slang
:
nariz
- He can't help havin' a hideous great hooter and the poor little head tremblin' under the weight of it.
- big hooter
- nice hooter
- hot hooter
Examples
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Would you look at him, sitting there with his hooter scraping away at that book.
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Look what's come out of me hooter.
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He broke his nose and now he has a big hooter that is hard to ignore.
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She always jokes that her hooter is too big for her face.
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When he got a cold, he complained that his hooter was stuffy and blocked.
Synonyms
7
8.0
A person's nose that is large or stands out
5
7.0
A human nose that is often large or noticeable
4
9.9
A large, noticeable nose people call jokingly
4
7.9
A person's nose that is large or easy to see
2
8.6
A large nose that is easy to notice
1
9.9
An informal word for a large or noticeable nose
How Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hooter for the 'nose' is a playful slang name like honker that paints a picture of a big, noticeable snout. It likely links to the sound word hoot or to the idea of something that sticks out, so calling a nose a hooter means it is large or easy to notice.