snout

[snout] /snaʊt/
noun
1.
the part of an animal's head projecting forward and containing the nose and jaws; muzzle.
2.
Entomology. an anterior prolongation of the head bearing the mouth parts, as in snout beetles.
3.
anything that resembles or suggests an animal's snout in shape, function, etc.
4.
a nozzle or spout.
5.
a person's nose, especially when large or prominent.
Origin
1175-1225; Middle English snute; cognate with Dutch snuite, German Schnauze
Related forms
snouted, adjective
snoutless, adjective
snoutlike, adjective
unsnouted, adjective
Examples from the web for snout
  • It has an elongated head with a pointed snout filled with sharp, grinding teeth.
  • The sawfish has a sawlike snout that is, however, not used as a saw.
  • The adult has small eyes, rounded ears, a long snout, a large body, and a short tail.
  • Its back was less arched, and its face, snout, and neck were somewhat longer.
British Dictionary definitions for snout

snout

/snaʊt/
noun
1.
the part of the head of a vertebrate, esp a mammal, consisting of the nose, jaws, and surrounding region, esp when elongated
2.
the corresponding part of the head of such insects as weevils
3.
anything projecting like a snout, such as a nozzle or the lower end of a glacier
4.
(slang) a person's nose
5.
Also called snout moth. a brownish noctuid moth, Hypena proboscidalis, that frequents nettles: named from the palps that project prominently from the head at rest
6.
(Brit, slang) a cigarette or tobacco
7.
(slang) an informer
Derived Forms
snouted, adjective
snoutless, adjective
snoutlike, adjective
Word Origin
C13: of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse snyta, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch snūte
Word Origin and History for snout
n.

early 13c., "trunk or projecting nose of an animal," from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch snute "snout," from Proto-Germanic *snut- (cf. German Schnauze, Norwegian snut, Danish snude "snout"), which Watkins traces to a hypothetical Germanic root *snu- forming words having to do with the nose, imitative of a sudden drawing of breath (cf. Old English gesnot "nasal mucus;" German schnauben "pant, puff, snort" (Austrian dialect), schnaufen "breathe heavily, pant," Schnupfen "cold in the head"). Of other animals and (contemptuously) of humans from c.1300.