schnoz

[shnoz] /ʃnɒz/
noun, Slang.
1.
a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
Also, schnozz, schnozzle
[shnoz-uh l] /ˈʃnɒz əl/ (Show IPA), schnozzola
[schno-zoh-luh] /stʃnɒˈzoʊ lə/ (Show IPA).
Origin
1935-40, Americanism; probably expressive alteration of nose, nozzle; schn- by association with any of several semantically related Yiddish words, e.g. shnabl beak, shnoyts snout, shnuk beak, trunk; for suffix of schnozzola see -ola
Word Origin and History for schnozz
n.

"nose," 1942, from Yiddish shnoitsl, from German Schnauze "snout" (see schnauzer).

Slang definitions & phrases for schnozz

schnozz

noun

(also schnoz or schnozzle or schnozzola or any of these spelled with sh-or snozzle) The nose, esp a large one; bugle: the rep of not havin' a big schnozz/ Five players broke their schnozzolas

[entry form 1942+, schnozzle 1934+, schnozzola and snozzle 1930+; fr Yiddish shnoz fr shnoitsl fr German Schnauze, ''snout'']