snoot

Meaning

Noun

1. (informal) An elitist or snobbish person.
2. A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.
3. (derogatory, dialectal, slang) A nose or snout.
4. (Internet, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek").
5. A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.

Verb

1. To behave disdainfully toward someone.
2. (transitive) To apply a snoot attachment to (a light).

Synonyms

nose

👃

snout

beak

nozzle

schnoz

snob

prig

snot

schnozzle

hooter

honker

pecker

point

snub

sophisticate

spout

tappet

city boy

discharge jet

ejection nozzle

injecting nozzle

air spout

bill

conk

fipple

gallant

grimace

muzzle

nares

neb

nib

nostrils

Translations

yüz

100

pif

sirena

🧜‍♀️

presumptuós

nàpia

bec

blair

morve

museau

nez

👃

salonard

naso

👃

snob

cono di luce

snoet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/snuːt/

Etymology

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