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单词 snootful
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Definition of snootful in English:

snootful

noun ˈsnuːtfʊlˈsnuːtf(ə)lˈsno͞otfo͝ol
informal
  • As much as one can take of something, especially alcoholic drink.

    for a hundred kopecks, you get a snootful of vodka
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My daughter Anne and I carried signs and got a snootful of gas in the name of environmental freedom.
    • It usually blows away after a few days, but not before the dog gets a snootful and decides avoiding your place is a better option.
    • I hope they catch him in a White House closet with three interns and a snootful of coke.
    • They could get a snootful of jet fumes as campaign planes shuttle candidates back and forth overhead between improbable destinations in closely contested states.
    • As they entered the instructor's locker room using the key card, they knew they had a problem; the shower was running… whomever was in there probably hadn't gotten a good snootful of the aphrodisiac yet…
    • There and then, after a couple of snootfuls of the devil brew, he was raring to go.
    • We were barely seated when a sap with a snootful materialized at our table.
    • I got a big snootful of it early on, and didn't really like it that much.
    • After a snootful of bathtub gin they'd pick up the ukulele, and this was the sort of song they'd sing.
    • People who have had a snootful respond differently.
 
 

Definition of snootful in US English:

snootful

nounˈsno͞otfo͝ol
informal
  • 1Enough alcoholic drink to make one drunk.

    they're tongue-tied until they've had a snootful
    Example sentencesExamples
    • People who have had a snootful respond differently.
    • I got a big snootful of it early on, and didn't really like it that much.
    • After a snootful of bathtub gin they'd pick up the ukulele, and this was the sort of song they'd sing.
    • They could get a snootful of jet fumes as campaign planes shuttle candidates back and forth overhead between improbable destinations in closely contested states.
    • My daughter Anne and I carried signs and got a snootful of gas in the name of environmental freedom.
    • As they entered the instructor's locker room using the key card, they knew they had a problem; the shower was running… whomever was in there probably hadn't gotten a good snootful of the aphrodisiac yet…
    • It usually blows away after a few days, but not before the dog gets a snootful and decides avoiding your place is a better option.
    • I hope they catch him in a White House closet with three interns and a snootful of coke.
    • We were barely seated when a sap with a snootful materialized at our table.
    • There and then, after a couple of snootfuls of the devil brew, he was raring to go.
    1. 1.1 As much as one can take of something.
      he decided he'd had a snootful of playing the role
 
 
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