noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/snaʊt/
Canada:/snʌʊt/
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rhymes with -aʊt
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.
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2
noun
Meaning 2
The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A person's nose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
Examples
His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.
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4
noun
Meaning 4
The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
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7
noun
Meaning 7
Tobacco; cigarettes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
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8
noun
Meaning 8
The terminus of a glacier.
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A police informer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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10
noun
Meaning 10
A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
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11
verb
Meaning 11
To furnish with a nozzle or point.
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12
noun
Meaning 12
a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nose, olfactory organ
Narrower terms: proboscis, trunk
13
noun
Meaning 13
beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rostrum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nose, olfactory organ
14
noun
Meaning 14
informal terms for the nose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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From Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, *snūte or Middle Low German snûte, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Compare Saterland Frisian Snuute (“snout”), West Frisian snút (“snout”), Dutch snuit or snoet (“snout; cute face”), German Low German Snuut (“snout”), German Schnauze, Schnute (“snout”). Doublet of snoot.
Across languages
Translations
147 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
خَطْم
(ḵaṭm)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Arabic:
بوز
(būz)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Arabic:
إبواز
(ebwāz)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Armenian:
մռութ
(mṙutʻ)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Armenian:
դունչ
(dunčʻ)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Armenian:
կնճիթ
(knčitʻ)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Asturian:
focicu
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Asturian:
morru
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Bashkir:
морон
(moron)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Basque:
mutur
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Belarusian:
мо́рда
(mórda)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Belarusian:
мы́са
(mýsa)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Belarusian:
ры́ла
(rýla)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Central Bikol:
ngudoy
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Bulgarian:
муцуна
(mucuna)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Bulgarian:
ри́ло
(rílo)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Catalan:
musell
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Catalan:
morro
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Chichewa:
njidi
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Chichewa:
chanana
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Chinese Mandarin:
口吻
(kǒuwěn)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Czech:
čumák
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Czech:
rypák
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Danish:
tryne
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Danish:
snude
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Dutch:
snuit
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Esperanto:
muzelo
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Esperanto:
rostro
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Estonian:
koon
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Estonian:
kärss
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Finnish:
kuono
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Finnish:
turpa (herbivores)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Finnish:
kärsä
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
French:
museau
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
French:
groin
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Galician:
fociño
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Galician:
morro
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Georgian:
დინგი
(dingi)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
German:
Schnauze
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
German:
Hundeschnauze
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
German:
Rüssel
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
German:
Schweinerüssel
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Greek:
ρύγχος
(rýnchos)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Ancient Greek:
ῥύγχος
(rhúnkhos)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Hebrew:
חוטם
(khótem)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Hindi:
थूथन
(thūthan)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Hungarian:
pofa
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Icelandic:
trýni
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Icelandic:
snjáldur
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Indonesian:
jungur
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Indonesian:
moncong
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Ingrian:
morda
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Irish:
soc
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Irish:
smuilc
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Irish:
smut
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Italian:
grugno
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Italian:
muso
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Japanese:
鼻面
(hanazura)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Khmer:
ច្រមុះ
(crɑɑmoh)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Korean:
코
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Korean:
주둥이
(judung'i)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Lithuanian:
snukis
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Low German:
Snuut
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Macedonian:
муцка
(mucka)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Māori:
ihu
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Mongolian:
хошуу
(xošuu)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Norwegian:
tryne
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Norwegian Bokmål:
snute
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Norwegian Nynorsk:
snute
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Occitan:
morre
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Persian:
پوزه
(puze)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Persian:
نس
(nos)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Polish:
ryj
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Portuguese:
focinho
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Romanian:
bot
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Romanian:
rât
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Russian:
мо́рда
(mórda)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Russian:
ры́ло
(rýlo)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Scottish Gaelic:
sròn
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Serbo-Croatian:
њушка
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Serbo-Croatian:
njuška
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Slovak:
ňufák
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Slovak:
rypák
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Slovene:
gobec
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Spanish:
hocico
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Swedish:
tryne
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Swedish:
nos
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Tajik:
фӯк
(fük)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Telugu:
ముట్టె
(muṭṭe)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Tetum:
inur
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Thai:
พวย
(puai)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Ukrainian:
мо́рда
(mórda)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Ukrainian:
пи́сок
(pýsok)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Ukrainian:
хра́па
(xrápa)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Ukrainian:
ри́ло
(rýlo)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Uzbek:
angor
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Vietnamese:
mõm
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Volapük:
snud
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Volapük:
probodül
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Volapük:
svinaprobodül
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Welsh:
trwyn
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Yiddish:
פּיסק
(pisk)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Yiddish:
שנויץ
(shnoyts)
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Zulu:
impumulo
— long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast
Bulgarian:
нос
(nos)
— front of the prow of a ship or boat
Finnish:
kokka
— front of the prow of a ship or boat
Bulgarian:
голям нос
(goljam nos)
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Catalan:
nas
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Catalan:
nàpia
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Danish:
snude
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Danish:
snudeskaft
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Dutch:
snuit
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Dutch:
snoet
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Finnish:
nokka
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Finnish:
klyyvari
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Galician:
napia
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Hebrew:
חוטם
(khótem)
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Italian:
proboscide
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Persian:
پوز
(puz)
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Polish:
ryj
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Portuguese:
focinho
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Russian:
шно́бель
(šnóbelʹ)
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Russian:
руби́льник
(rubílʹnik)
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Russian:
ры́ло
(rýlo)
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Spanish:
narizota
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Spanish:
narices
— nose of a man (in contempt)
Finnish:
suu
— nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
Finnish:
pää
— nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
Hebrew:
פיה
(piyá)
— nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
Russian:
сопло́
(sopló)
— nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
Spanish:
boquilla
— nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
Finnish:
kärsä
— anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod
Spanish:
hocico
— anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod
Spanish:
trompa
— anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod
Spanish:
probóscide
— anterior prolongation of the head of gastropod
Bashkir:
морон
(moron)
— anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects
Dutch:
snuit
— anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects
Finnish:
kärsä
— anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects
Hungarian:
ormány
— anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects
Spanish:
hocico
— anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects
Spanish:
trompa
— anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects
Spanish:
probóscide
— anterior prolongation of head of weevil and other insects