snoutn.¹

Brit.

/snaʊt/, U.S.

/snaʊt/

Forms: Middle English snute, Middle English–1500s snoute, Middle English–1600s snowte, 1600s snoote; Middle English– snout (1500s snought), 1500s–1600s, Scottish1700s–1800s snowt.

Etymology: Middle English snūt(e, = West Frisian snút, snute (North Frisian snüt, snit), Middle Dutch snūte, snuut (Kilian snuyte, Dutch snuit), Middle Low German snût(e, German schnauze (†schnausze, schnauz), Middle Swedish and Swedish dialect snuta, Danish snude, Norwegian and Swedish snut.The early history of these forms is somewhat obscure. There is no example of an Old English or Old Norse snút or snút- , although the existence of the stem is proved by the verbal derivatives, Old English snýtan , Old Norse snýta (see snite v.), and it is possible that both in English and the Scandinavian languages the noun has been adopted < Low German. A variation of the stem appears in the synonymous older German schnotz(e.

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. 196^v [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 y^e 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 Y^e Snoute of a dog, rostrum.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Siv/2 Y^e Snoute of a ship, rostrum... Y^e 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.

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.

†b. In asseverations or imprecations. Obsolete.

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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.

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

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outshooting1310

nosec1400

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spout1412

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outbearingc1425

outstanding?c1425

relish1428

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. Ttt^v/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. Biij^v 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.

†5. slang. A hogshead. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

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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.

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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.

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.].

† snout-flower n. Obsolete (see quot. 1715).

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).

snoutv.

Brit.

/snaʊt/, U.S.

/snaʊt/

Etymology: < snout n.¹

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).

ΘΚΠ

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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	snout
释义	snoutn.¹ Brit. /snaʊt/, U.S. /snaʊt/ Forms: Middle English snute, Middle English–1500s snoute, Middle English–1600s snowte, 1600s snoote; Middle English– snout (1500s snought), 1500s–1600s, Scottish1700s–1800s snowt. Etymology: Middle English snūt(e, = West Frisian snút, snute (North Frisian snüt, snit), Middle Dutch snūte, snuut (Kilian snuyte, Dutch snuit), Middle Low German snût(e, German schnauze (†schnausze, schnauz), Middle Swedish and Swedish dialect snuta, Danish snude, Norwegian and Swedish snut.The early history of these forms is somewhat obscure. There is no example of an Old English or Old Norse snút or snút- , although the existence of the stem is proved by the verbal derivatives, Old English snýtan , Old Norse snýta (see snite v.), and it is possible that both in English and the Scandinavian languages the noun has been adopted < Low German. A variation of the stem appears in the synonymous older German schnotz(e. 1. a. The trunk of an elephant. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ 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. 196^v [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 y^e 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. ΘΚΠ 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 Y^e Snoute of a dog, rostrum. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Siv/2 Y^e Snoute of a ship, rostrum... Y^e 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. a. Contemptuously: The nose in man, esp. when large or badly shaped; †the face or countenance. ΘΚΠ 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. †b. In asseverations or imprecations. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [noun] > a projecting part hornc1275 outshooting1310 nosec1400 startc1400 spout1412 snouta1425 outbearingc1425 outstanding?c1425 relish1428 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. Ttt^v/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. ΘΚΠ 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. Biij^v 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. ΘΚΠ 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. †5. slang. A hogshead. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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-beetle n. one or other of several species of beetles characterized by having the head prolonged into a rostrum or proboscis. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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.]. † snout-flower n. Obsolete (see quot. 1715). 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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 Brit. /snaʊt/, U.S. /snaʊt/ Etymology: Of obscure origin. slang. a. Tobacco. ΘΚΠ 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. Brit. /snaʊt/, U.S. /snaʊt/ Etymology: < snout n.¹ 1. transitive. To finish off with a snout. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1220n.²1885v.1753
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