schnozzle
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- noun
- /ˈʃnɑːzəl/
- Informal
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nariz
- Yeah, I could've whacked him on the schnozzle!
Examples
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I'm the one that got socked in the schnozzle.
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I think you look rather fetching without your schnozzle.
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The one we used to call Schnozzle.
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And he hung by his schnozzle from above
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Stop, don't call him Schnozzle.
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Schnozzle Whitehead thinks we're cool.
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So you can see the compound eyes, you can see the schnozzle, they're all rolled up.
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'Cause I don't believe whacking people on the schnozzle is the answer to the world's problems.
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She ate my schnozzle.
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He covered his schnozzle with a scarf to protect it from the cold wind.
Synonyms
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8.7
A casual, funny word for a person's nose
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8.0
A person's nose that is large or stands out
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7.0
A human nose that is often large or noticeable
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9.9
A large, noticeable nose people call jokingly
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7.9
A person's nose that is large or easy to see
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8.6
A large nose that is easy to notice
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A person's nose
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9.9
A large nose or something very good in informal speech
How Prominent
Surface Forms
Morphology
schnozzle = schnozz (semi-transparent) = schnozz + le
The form is transparently derived from the slang base 'schnozz' with an added colloquial diminutive '-le', which is straightforward for speakers familiar with the slang.
Etymology
Schnozzle comes from the German and Yiddish word schnauze, meaning 'snout' or 'nose', and from the playful English form schnoz. So schnozzle is a funny, informal word for a big or noticeable nose.