snoutn.1
/snaʊt/, U.S. /snaʊt/ 1.
a. The trunk of an elephant. Also transferred.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Proboscidea (elephants) > [noun] > elephant > parts of > trunk
snoutc1220
nosea1398
hand1572
trunk1589
promuscis1600
proboscis1607
trump1648
proboss1659
c1220 Bestiary 669 in Old Eng. Misc. Rennande cumeð a ȝungling,..his snute him under puteð, and..ðis elp he reisen on stalle.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 159 Þe snowtes of olyfauntes and his hors eren were..ful of gnattes.
a1400–50 Alexander 3633 Þire Olifantis of ynde..was snaypid on þe snowte with þe snart hetis.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 196v [The elephant] with his snoute tendrely plucked out of his maister's bodye all the said dartes.
1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 72 Also ye long snout of an Elephant is called an hand or an arme, for that by that instrument he worketh manie things.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ix. 337 If the Elephant intendeth to hurt any man, he casteth him on the ground with his long snout or trunk.
1676 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 349 Crest unicorne head..between elephants' snowtes.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Elephant The Elephant this author [Linnæus] distinguishes by his snout.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. at Trunk The snout or proboscis of an elephant.
b. The projecting part of the head of an animal, which includes the nose and mouth (= muzzle n.1 4); the proboscis or rostrum of an insect; †the beak or bill of a bird, etc.
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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [noun] > beak or bill
nebeOE
billa1000
beakc1220
snoutc1380
nib1585
pecker1891
the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > snout
wrootc725
groin13..
snoutc1380
muzzlea1425
grunyie?a1513
chuff1530
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. I. 200 Whanne þei bigynen to ȝoule, þei turnen her snowte to hevene ward.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 326 This Leoun..A beste..Hath slain, and with his blodi snoute [etc.].
a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 6534 On his snoute an horne he [the rhinoceros] beres.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 462/1 Snowte, or bylle, rostrum.
a1505 R. Henryson Sum Pract. Med. 33 in Poems (1981) 180 With the snowt of ane selch, ane swelling to swage.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xi. C Like a rynge of golde in a swynes snoute.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Siv/2 Ye Snoute of a dog, rostrum.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Siv/2 Ye Snoute of a ship, rostrum... Ye Snout of a fish, idem.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 390 Only the little pretty snouts end of a mouse.
1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 245 They have a long sharp Snout, full of long and sharp Teeth, but no Tongue.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Boar In the Choice of this Animal, you must pitch upon one..having..a thick Head, long Snout.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Rostrum The rostrum or snout in fishes varies very much in figure.
1785 W. Cowper Task v. 50 His dog..snatches up the drifted snow,..or ploughs it with his snout.
1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. ii. 587 Greenish-black Slow-Worm..with elongated snout.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ix. 380 An extra median ossicle may be developed in the snout, as e.g. in the mole.
1901 P. Fountain Deserts N. Amer. ix. 183 The large fleshy snout of the moose.
2. † b. In asseverations or imprecations. Obsolete.
a. Contemptuously: The nose in man, esp. when large or badly shaped; †the face or countenance.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > [noun]
leera700
nebeOE
onseneeOE
wlitec950
anlethOE
nebshaftc1225
snouta1300
facec1300
visage1303
semblantc1315
vicea1325
cheera1350
countenance1393
front1398
fashiona1400
visurec1400
physiognomyc1425
groina1500
faxa1522
favour1525
facies1565
visor1575
complexiona1616
frontispiecea1625
mun1667
phiz1687
mug1708
mazard1725
physiog1791
dial plate1811
fizzog1811
jiba1825
dial1837
figurehead1840
Chevy Chase1859
mooey1859
snoot1861
chivvy1889
clock1899
map1899
mush1902
pan1920
kisser1938
boat1958
boat race1958
punim1965
a1300 K. Horn 1082 He lokede him abute, Wiþ his colmie snute.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1760 A boȝ adoun on þat tyde and cauȝte hym [the Saracen] by þe snoute.
c1400 Laud Troy Bk. 7942 Some lefft his hed, and som his snout.
1483 Cath. Angl. 347/1 A Snowte, vbi A nese.
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 218 Out, out, I schout, apon that snowt that snevillis.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke i. f. 26 The sturdie holders up of their snoute he hath cast downe.
1592 R. Greene Quip for Vpstart Courtier sig. D2 Betweene the filthye reumycast of his bloudshotten snowt, there appeared small holes.
1645 J. Milton Colasterion 20 But what should a man say more to a snout in this pickle?
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires x. 195 What Ethiop Lips he has, How foul a Snout, and what a hanging Face?
1708 Brit. Apollo 18–23 June Her Chin and Snout are so firmly united.
1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 126 A young fellow,..when he first thrusts his snout into the world, is apt to be surprised at many things.
1820 W. Scott Monastery III. i. 16 Sae I said it wad prove since I first saw the false Southron snout of thee.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [noun] > types of nose
snoutc1330
hawk-nose1534
bottlenose1553
saddle nose?c1599
snut-nose1603
tooter1638
bridgea1658
hook-nose1687
button1696
snub nose1724
pug nose1769
Roman1821
Grecian nose1830
snub1830
potato-nose1853
squash nose1882
number six nose1923
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11935 We schal..reue hym his regne, maugre his snoute.
c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 1595 What? evel thedom on his monkes snowte!
14.. Sir Beues (MS. C) 1622 + 65 Then seyde the portar, ‘Be my snowte, Thys was Befyse, that y lete owte’.
c. to have a snout on (someone), to bear ill-will towards someone. Australian.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > be hostile [verb (intransitive)]
witherc1000
enemy1382
to have a snout on1941
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 69 Snout on, have a, to bear a grudge against a person.
1949 L. Glassop Lucky Palmer 212 He's got a snout on the Kid for something.
1966 T. Ronan Once there was Bagman 39 The reason you blokes have such a snout on him..is that he's forgotten more Law than you've ever learned.
3. The end of a ship's prow; the beak or rostrum of a vessel.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > any part in front of stem > beak of galley
hornc1275
snouta1387
beak1550
spurn1553
beak-head1579
spur1604
rostrum1659
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun]
foreshipc1000
stam1336
bilynge?a1400
forestam?a1400
boat-head1485
head1485
prore1489
forecastle1490
steven1512
forepart1526
nose1538
prow1555
stem1555
forebow1569
beak-head1579
galion1604
bow1626
fore-beaka1656
forebudding1811
prora1847
snout1853
forward1892
sharp end1948
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 237 Schippes of werre wiþ yren snowtes.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. xii. 2 The weyrly schippis wyth thair snowtis of steyll.
a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 120 Upon Sounday..ordered thei thare schippis so that a galay or two lade thare snowttis to the craiggis.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 61 Metaneone..hastened to grapple with the Galley; and..tearing off her snout,..bruised her all-over.
1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 136 The Rostra or brazen snouts of the ships wonn from the Antiates.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxiii. 182 Five black masses [sc. ships]..are seen with their snouts shoved into the shore of ice.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiv. 12 Scarcely the forward snout tore up that wintery water.
4.
a. A structure, formation, projecting part, etc., resembling or suggestive of a snout; a nozzle or the like. Also with of.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part
hornc1275
outshooting1310
nosec1400
startc1400
spout1412
snouta1425
outbearingc1425
outstanding?c1425
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jeta1500
rising1525
shoulder1545
jutting1565
outshootc1565
prominence1578
forecast1580
projection1592
sprout1598
eye1600
shooting forth1601
lip1608
juttying1611
prominent?1611
eminence1615
butting1625
excursiona1626
elbow1626
protrusion1646
jettinga1652
outjetting1652
prominency1654
eminency1668
nouch1688
issuanta1690
out-butting1730
outjet1730
out-jutting1730
flange1735
nosing1773
process1775
jut1787
projecture1803
nozzle1804
saliency1831
ajutment1834
salience1837
out-thrust1842
emphasis1885
cleat1887
outjut1893
pseudopodiuma1902
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 9 A snowted nedle..ow to be no gretter ne lenger in þe snowte þan as it is paynted.
a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 24 Putte..þe poynt of þe rasour in þe holwnes of þe snowte.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 27 My penne also gynnyth make obstacle,..For I so ofte have maad to penne Hys snowte up on my thombys ende.
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 19 Your glyster pot should be made with a snout or lipp.
1623 J. Minsheu Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Limon del cárro The long snout that goeth between the oxen in a waine.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. i. sig. Tttv/1 Tuiau de Souflet, a Bellows-Snout.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Snout,..the nosel or end of any hollow pipe.
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. II. 1535/1 The snout of a pair of bellows or a tuyere.
1902 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness 198 The heavy naval ordnance begin to cock their long snouts higher..into the air.
b. A projecting point of land, rock, etc.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > [noun] > landform > projecting
nook?a1425
point?c1475
snoutc1540
excursiona1626
spur1851
salient1864
odd1869
c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. Biijv Galloway rynnis with ane gret snout of craggis..in the Ireland seis. This snout is callit be the peple the Mulis nuk.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 141 The bonny wa'-flowers sprout On yonder Ruin's lofty snout.
1867 N. Macleod Highland Parish, Spirit of Eld 362 The black raven..sat on a snout of rock above him.
1873 H. A. Bruce Let. 15 Feb. in J. Morley Life Gladstone (1903) II. vi. xi. 439 I see no other rock ahead, but sometimes they project their snouts unexpectedly.
c. The front portion or termination of a glacier.
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the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > glacier > [noun] > front part
ice blink1792
snout1841
glacier snout1933
1841 B. Hall Patchwork I. vii. 107 The glacier;..its enormous snout ploughs up the ground before it.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xvii. 322 The snout of the glacier abuts against the ground.
1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 161 At the end, or snout, of the glacier, the water issues forth.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > for liquids > of specific size
hogshead1390
snout1725
leaguer1773
1725 in New Canting Dict. (Hence in Grose.)
6. slang. A police informer.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun] > informer > police informer
setter1630
nose1789
mouchard1802
rat1818
stool-pigeon1830
knark1851
police informer1851
nark1859
telegraph1864
copper1885
sarbut1897
Noah's Ark1898
stool1906
snout1910
finger1914
policeman1923
stoolie1924
shelf1926
grass1929
grasshopper1937
grasser1950
stukach1969
supergrass1975
1910 C. E. B. Russell Young Gaol-birds xii. 176 He was in reality a ‘snout’ or ‘nark’,..and from time to time had ‘given away’ many of his comrades.
1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xvii. 189 A ‘sneak’ or ‘snout’ is looked upon more or less as a leper in the Under~world.
1954 ‘N. Blake’ Whisper in Gloom ii. 31 He was a nark, nose, snout, grass, squeaker, or whatever coarse word is current for it.
1964 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 5 Apr. 5/5 Then a ‘snout’ (or informant) called Big Ears made a long trip just to tell me: ‘You're in trouble, Monty.’
1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xii. 235 His previous arrests had all been..the work probably of some anonymous snout.
1982 Observer 15 Aug. 22/6 You may have been ‘grassed’..by a ‘snout’.
7. One or other of various species of moths characterized by having abnormally long palpi projecting in front of the head; esp. the snout-moth, Hypena proboscidalis.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Plusiidae > hypena proboscidalis (snout-mouth)
snout1819
snout-moth1819
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 424 Herminia albistrigalis. The white-line Snout.
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 145 The Snout.
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 146 The Small Snout.
1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 147 White-line Snout... Rib-striped Snout.
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 66 The ‘Snout’ (Hypena proboscidalis), a brown Moth, with rather slender body, and very long palpi, resembling a beak.
Compounds
C1.
a. General attributive.
snout-bone n.
ΚΠ
1846 W. Youatt Pig (1847) 118 Between the supplemental, or snout-bone, and the proper nasal.
snout-end n.
ΚΠ
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. ii. i. 18 From his Snout-end to his Tail.
snout-nose n.
ΚΠ
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. at Silo One that has a snout nose.
snout-piece n.
ΚΠ
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. iii. iv. ii. 702 A modest virgine..to such a faire snout piece is much to be preferred.
b. † snout-flower n. Obsolete (see quot. 1715).
snout-beetle n. one or other of several species of beetles characterized by having the head prolonged into a rostrum or proboscis.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Curculionoidea or Rhyncophora > member of (snout-beetle)
weevilc1440
snout-beetle1869
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 308 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The Curculionidæ, snout beetles, or weevils, infest grain, seeds, or fruits.
1889 Cent. Dict. Otiorhynchidæ, an important family of rhynchophorous Coleoptera, or snout-beetles.
snout-face n. used as a personal insult.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly person
hog's face1578
kex1619
troll1697
singed cat1836
ogre1843
plug-ugly1862
partan-face1895
bad looker1898
snout-face1923
Mr Potato Head1952
mieskeit1968
fuglya1970
grot1970
minger1992
1923 D. H. Lawrence Birds, Beasts & Flowers (London ed.) 184 But you, you snout-face, you reject nothing.
1979 Amer. Poetry Rev. Mar. 6/2 And the people In the streets, speechless, saw them passing: The scrawny guy, the bare~foot one, the fellow with The bicycle, The black, Snout~face, that gal in yellow, [etc.].
ΚΠ
1715 Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 269 Plantæ Nasifloræ. Snout-flowers.
snout-horn n. a rhinoceros (poetic); the horn of a rhinoceros or beetle.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > with hoof in more than two parts > family Rhinocerotidae > rhinoceros
unicorna1300
rhinocerosa1398
rhinocerota1398
rhinocerite1553
abada1588
horn-nose1598
snout-horn1625
horned-snout1661
rhino1870
rhinocerotine1910
the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > member of (beetle) > parts of > horn
snout-horn1625
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates) > [noun] > with hoof in more than two parts > family Rhinocerotidae > rhinoceros > horn
snout-horn1625
1625 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Noe in tr. Part of Du Bartas 28 The Snout-horne large, The rinde-hide Elephant, the Camel.
?1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VII.–VIII. Table 70 Sawing thro' the Bark by the Help of their Snout-horn.
snout-moth n. (see sense 7).
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > family Plusiidae > hypena proboscidalis (snout-mouth)
snout1819
snout-moth1819
1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 253 Snout moth.
1887 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. (at cited word) Snout-moth, Hypena proboscidalis. Body slender, wings broad and triangular, colour mainly brown.
1896 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. VI. 118 The snout-moths (Hypena).
snout-ring n. (see quot. 1875).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of pigs > [noun] > nose-ring
hog ring1648
staple1688
staple-ring1707
nose-jewel1844
pig ring1862
snout-ring1875
1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Snout-ring, a ring or staple placed in the nose of a hog to deter him from rooting.
C2.
snout-bearing adj.
ΚΠ
1883 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. II. ii. at Curculionidæ Sub-tribe Rhynchophora (Snout-bearing Insects).
snout-holy adj.
ΚΠ
?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat 4 The painted poison of snout-holy deuotion.
snout-horned adj.
ΚΠ
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 100* Thatsame snowt-horned Rhinoceros.
snout-like adj.
ΚΠ
1909 Daily Chron. 18 Jan. 5/3 A very remarkable snout-like head.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
snoutn.2
/snaʊt/, U.S. /snaʊt/ slang.
a. Tobacco.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > [noun]
petun1568
tobacco1588
Indian herbc1600
weed1600
Indian weed1602
man-bane1614
smokec1616
fogusc1625
Indian drug1630
sot-weed1698
noxious weed1773
baccy1792
backer1823
bacca1824
tobaccy1835
nicotia1868
nicotina1876
snout1885
Magaliesberg1895
tickler1904
burn1964
1885 A. Griffiths Fast & Loose III. xii. 202 He knows Joe; worked for him, with regard to snout (tobacco); and he's straight—as a rod.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 29 May 2/1 Here, mate, give us a bit of the snout.
1904 A. Griffiths Fifty Years Public Service xi. 154 The ‘snout’..is introduced in small quantities, and distributed by the prisoners themselves.
b. A cigarette.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette
cigarito1832
paper cigar1833
cigarette1842
papelito1845
coffin-nailc1865
fag1885
butt1893
pill1901
scag1915
nail1925
quirly1932
tab1934
burn1941
draw1946
tube1946
snout1950
cancer stick1958
straight1959
ciggy1962
square1970
bifter1989
lung dart1990
dart2000
1950 P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 193 Snout. Word used collectively to cover all tobacco, hand-rolled and factory-made cigarettes, cigarette ends, and pipe dottles.
1954 Evening News 7 Jan. 2/2 Savage was seen and said: ‘You will not find any export snouts here.’
1959 H. Hobson Mission House Murder xxix. 187 I would smoke it slowly and..save the butt—snouts, the old lags called them.
1961 R. Longrigg Daughters of Mulberry 94 ‘Snout?’ said her Ronnie, offering the Rothman's Kingsize.
1966 P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 54 Goin down the city fer a booze an a snout.
1976 J. O'Connor Eleventh Commandment vii. 91 If you were wise you chose non-smokers as your friends because they wouldn't shop you to an unscrupulous warder for a couple of snouts.
Compounds
General attributive.
snout ash n.
ΚΠ
1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers i. 21 Ever had someone put some snout ash in your rosie?
snout baron n. [baron n. 2c]
ΚΠ
1950 P. Tempest Lag's Lexicon 194 Snout-baron.
1964 Economist 25 Jan. 317/1 The ‘snout barons’—prisoners who make a profit from the shortage of tobacco within prisons.
snout case n.
ΚΠ
1962 R. Cook Crust on its Uppers iv. 48 ‘I'm going to give our Brian a fag,’ an' he..brings out this heavy old snout case.
snout gaff n. [gaff n.4 3]
ΚΠ
1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid ii. 20 I had it off last week.., not a big job, just a little snout gaff.
snout paper n.
ΚΠ
1958 Encounter Apr. 18/1 He hardly ever spoke to me unless he wanted something, like a smoke or a snout paper.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
snoutv.
/snaʊt/, U.S. /snaʊt/ 1. transitive. To finish off with a snout.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project from (something) [verb (transitive)] > furnish with projecting part
shoulder1438
snout1753
fin1933
1753 Songs & Poems Costume (Percy Soc.) 230 Hang a small bugle cap on, as big as a crown, Snout it off with a flower vulgo dict. a pompoon.
2. transitive and intransitive. To root, dig up, or grub, with or as with the snout.
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the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > grub or root about in the earth
wrootc1000
root?1544
rout1569
nuzzle1637
uproot1726
rootle1795
snout1857
1857 G. H. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Jan. 83/1 He would..snout and jigger about the stones in a most unsalmon-like manner.
1884 R. L. Stevenson Lett. (1899) I. vi. 306 The brutal and licentious public, snouting in Mudie's wash-trough.
1888 Daily News 29 Mar. 3/2 Snouting, grubbing, and biting their ditch..deep enough for great ocean ships to sail through.
3. transitive. To bear ill-will towards; to treat with disfavour, to rebuff. Frequently as past participle and participial adjective Australian slang.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > show hostility to [verb (transitive)]
to set against ——c1330
ill-favour1899
snout1916
the mind > emotion > hatred > feeling against or a settled dislike > impulse of aversion > turn away from or regard with aversion or reject [verb (transitive)]
abhor?a1425
aversate1725
snout1916
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > rebuff
rebut1488
reject1529
counterbuff1579
rebuffa1586
repel1593
slighta1616
to blow off1631
squab1812
respue1818
snout1916
stiff-arm1927
to knock back1930
to brush off1941
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [verb (transitive)] > treat with disfavour
snout1916
1916 C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 11 An' snouted them that snouted 'im, an' never give a dam.
1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 13 The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat.
1944 A. Marshall These are my People 155 I was sore as a snouted sheila for weeks.
1970 R. Beilby No Medals for Aphrodite 149 That officer happened to have me snouted because I got you across the river, against his orders.
4. intransitive. To act as a police informer. slang.
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (intransitive)]
inform1588
peach1598
whistle1599
sing1612
whiddlec1661
squeak1690
wheedle1710
whittle1735
to blow the gab1785
snitch1801
rat1810
nose1811
sing1816
gnarl1819
split1819
stag1839
clype1843
squeal1846
blow1848
to round on1857
nark1859
pimp1865
squawk1872
ruck1884
to come or turn copper1891
copper1897
sneak1897
cough1901
stool1911
tattle-tale1918
snout1923
talk1924
fink1925
scream1925
sarbut1928
grass1929
to turn over1967
dime1970
1923 E. Wallace Missing Million xx. 161 The gang found he was snouting.
1930 E. Wallace White Face xiii. 206 Dr. Marford knows, but he's not the feller that goes snouting on his patients.
1962 D. Warner Death of Bogey ii. iii. 71 No one wanted to be seen talking to him in case they were afterwards accused of snouting. Nevertheless, a great many did snout.
1973 ‘B. Mather’ Snowline x. 116 I've got to live in London when I go back. How long do you think I'd last if word got round that I'd been snouting?
Derivatives
ˈsnouting n. (alsoattributive).
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society > communication > information > informing on or against > [noun]
wrayingc1000
information1387
promotion?1533
talebearing1571
delation1578
sycophancy1622
peachery1654
blowing the gap1821
nosing1827
peaching1859
rounding1862
squeal1872
scream1915
singing1937
snouting1937
dobbing1968
whistle-blowing1971
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 795/2 Snouting, vbl. n., giving information to the police.
1962 [see sense 4]. 1973 J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 55 Arranging a ‘snouting service’ with those villains; the lesser hooks being pulled in for the piffling crimes, while the big boys work the blinders without..being pushed too hard.
1978 F. Branston Sergeant Ritchie's Consc. iv. 56 He started on his snouting expedition.
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