nozzle
- noun
- /ˈnɑːzl/
- Slang
- He brought the sweeper to a halt and directed his attention to the nozzles.
Examples
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- Let me see your nozzle.
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Everyone laughed at her funny expression, especially her big nozzle.
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Hey, here, grab the nozzle.
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Yeah, your nozzle's bent.
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I lift the spray nozzle to my nose, and the spicy, erotic scent that Benton Wesley loved fills my eyes with tears, and my heart feels as if it will fatally fly out of rhythm.
Fiction book (2001) -
When he smiled, his large nozzle was quite noticeable.
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He remarked that the clown had the biggest nozzle he had ever seen.
Synonyms
A casual, funny word for a person's nose
A person's nose that is large or stands out
A human nose that is often large or noticeable
A large, noticeable nose people call jokingly
A large nose that is easy to notice
A person's nose
A human nose that is large and easy to notice
An informal word for a large or noticeable nose
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nozzle was also used as a joking name for the nose because it comes from nose plus -le, meaning a 'little nose'. So calling someone's nozzle is like calling their nose a small 'snout', which explains the informal use.