snout
25
3.2
- noun
- /snaʊt/
:
hocico
- Projecting from the rubble at the cliff's base was the snout of a huge fossil trilobite.
- long snout
- tip of the snout
And if the shark, hungry for a midnight snack, darts towards you, then summons up all your strength and punch him in the snout and he will turn and swim away.
- And if the shark, hungry for a midnight snack, darts towards you, then summons up all your strength and punch him in the snout and he will turn and swim away.
Examples
-
Maybe twenty feet away, their giant snouts poke up out of the ground: one, two, three, four.
Fiction book (1990) -
Over the front door is an awning shaped like a dog's snout, whiskers included.
Fiction book (1994) -
This time, next week, I shall be taking it easy on the deck of a boat with the snout pointed for Canada.
-
Here he is, the cat in the box with the cute little pink nose on the white snout and then the Gray.
-
If you see a shark, just hit it in its snout.
-
Fear not, the bloodhound sees with his snout.
-
He said he saw teeth, fur, and a snout.
-
You can just about count the hairs on that pig's snout, can't you?
-
The clumps stuck to his snout and frustrated his vigorous efforts to remove them.
Fiction book (1992) -
The dog used his snout to sniff out hidden treats in the garden.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
The part of the face used for breathing and smelling
35
1.0
The hard pointed part of a bird's mouth used to eat and pick up food
9
3.2
The front part of an animal's head with the nose and jaws
4
9.6
A long flexible nose-like part that animals use to reach and eat food
2
9.9
A bird's or animal's beak that sticks out and is used for eating
A long beaklike part at the front of some insects used for feeding
Compounds
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Snout comes from an old English word that meant a 'projecting nose' and is related to the English word snoot. Think of a pig's long nose that sticks out — that is a snout, so the word names the long nose and jaws of animals.