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snout
Noun
  • ∙ The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
  • ∙ The front of the prow of a ship or boat. [First attested in 1387.]
  • ∙ A person's nose. derogatory
  • ∙ The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
  • ∙ The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
  • ∙ The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
  • ∙ Tobacco; cigarettes. Britain, slang
  • ∙ The terminus of a glacier.
  • ∙ A police informer. slang
Verb
  • ∙ To furnish with a nozzle or point.