🍺 A lot of alcohol 😠 A harsh scolding

snootful

9.9

A large amount of alcohol that makes you drunk

noun
/ˈsnuːt.fəl/

Slang

: trago

She warned him not to have a snootful before driving home.

Examples

It's sort of like Elliott Boggess when he got a snootful and tried to get into a fight with a totem pole that was out in front of McClung's store.

Blog text (21)
You kind of have to get a snootful to be her special friend.

Baby Jane? (2010)
MY DADDY DOESN'T EXACTLY BRING OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ONCE HE'S HAD A SNOOTFUL.

Home Fries (1998)
After enjoying a snootful, he stumbled out of the bar and into the night.
At the party, everyone had a snootful and began to dance wildly.

Synonyms

skinful

vssnootful

9.8

An amount of alcohol that makes someone drunk

has identical meaning but is a different informal term

skinful of drink

vssnootful

9.8

A large amount of alcohol that makes a person drunk

is similar but does not stress actual drinking or consumption

snootful of

vssnootful

Slang

9.9

A strong smell that you breathe in all at once

is about amount of alcohol taken by drinking rather than a nasal experience

Antonyms

abstinence

NSFW

63 6.4

Choosing not to do things like drinking alcohol or having sex

sobriety

49 4.6

A state of not drinking alcohol or using drugs

Idioms

snootful of

Slang

9.9

A strong smell that you breathe in all at once

How Much

bender

Slang

56 8.9

snootful

Slang

9.9

bottle

284 1.0

drink

∞ 1.0

glass

622 1.0

Surface Forms

snootful singular

snootfuls plural

Morphology

snootful = snoot (semi-transparent) = snoot + ful

Formally 'snoot' + '-ful' is clear, but the slang meaning 'a large amount of alcohol' is idiomatic and not directly predictable from 'snoot'.

Etymology

Snootful comes from snoot meaning 'nose', a word from Dutch. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of a snootful like a very large 'mouthful' of drink, so it means a large amount of alcohol that can make someone drunk.