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Definition of "snoot" [snoot]

  • A snout or nose. (noun)
  • A snob. (noun)
  • To treat haughtily: a couple who were snooted by the headwaiter. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "snoot" in a sentence
  • "Here's a short article on how to make a simple "snoot" -- a lightproof tube that tightly directs the light from your camera flash."
  • "One of the first things that leaped off the page and clouted me in the snoot was a phrase in the opening paragraph."
  • "And let's not forget Big Bill Thompson, the Chicago Mayor who threatened bodily harm to Britain's and Canada's King if he poked what Mr. Thompson somewhat inelegantly called his snoot into Chicago."