snoot

From Scots snoot, snout (“snout”), from Middle English snowte, from Middle Dutch snute; ultimately from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Doublet of snout.

snoot (plural snoots)

1. (slang) Nose
2. (theater) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.

snoot (third-person singular simple present snoots, present participle snooting, simple past and past participle snooted)

1. To behave disdainfully toward.

• (nose): See Thesaurus:nose

• snootful
• snooty

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snoot

1. singular past indicative of snuiten

snoot (plural snoots)

1. (anatomy) snout, face, head
2. (geography) a projecting point of land
3. peak of a cap
4. (slang) detective, policeman

• snoot-cloot