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snoot

 (sno͞ot) Informal
n.
1. A snout or nose.
2. A snob.
tr.v. snoot·ed, snoot·ing, snoots
To treat haughtily: a couple who were snooted by the headwaiter.

[Dialectal variant of snout.]
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snoot

(snuːt)
n
1. (Anatomy) slang the nose
2. (Photography) photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated
3. (Film) photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated
4. (Broadcasting) photog films television a cone-shaped fitment on a studio light to control the scene area illuminated
[C20: variant of snout]
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snoot

(snut)

n. Informal.
1. the nose.
2. a snob.
v.t.
3. to snub.
[1860–65; variant of snout]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.snoot - a person regarded as arrogant and annoyingsnoot - a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
2.snoot - informal terms for the nosesnoot - informal terms for the nose    
nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"
U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
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snoot

noun
1. Informal. The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract:
Informal: beak.
2. Informal. One who despises people or things regarded as inferior, especially because of social or intellectual pretension:
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Know then that if these rows were dug up the wealth of the country would be gone, and mayhap there would be dry throats and gaping mouths in England, for in three months' time these black roots will blossom and snoot and burgeon, and from them will come many a good ship-load of Medoc and Gascony which will cross the narrow seas.
NEW YORK CITY: The Brits call it "live art." American specialists used to refer to it as "performance art" but lately have been promoting it as "live performance." Still others insist on "time-based art." The Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti declared that it was "futurism." The Viennese Actionists and neo-Dadaists prefer "action art" and "intervention." The legendary Allan Kaprow termed it "happening." Some think it's plain old hybrid theatre, gussied up for your cross-disciplinary-minded, museum-trolling snoots.
I have been a lifetime resident in my beloved Springfield and am angered at the way my city was described by these snoots you interviewed for your story.
The snoots, Yugo and Migo - Roly's permanent houseguests - add their infectious mix of comedy chaos in their tireless quest for fun and games.
I channel hopped and inadvertently landed up on BBC2, where those sloaney snoots Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodall were delivering withering put downs and derogatory remarks to two mothers who they were trying to glamorise by transforming their dress sense.
Wallace cleaved too much to the latter, especially in his condemnation of split infinitives and those SNOOTS who bristle at them.
They have these cute little snoots, and when they eat somebody, it may be formally gory but these creatures are about as scary as the carnivorous rabbits hippety-hopping to devour humanity in Night of the Lepus.
Succeeding generations show a trend toward smaller snoots. Cycle after cycle, the finch populations evolve to adapt to shifting environmental conditions, at a remarkably rapid pace: one or two generations, as opposed to eons.
Paddlefish sometimes bump their snoots against the tank walls.
In the sculpted bodies that make up his body of work, you find all manner of teratology - you'll see snouts, snoots, tubes, bumps, stumps, and growths; concavities where noses should be, flat spaces where faces should be.
and his name was originally Baby Snoots. Bring the whole family and enjoy games, crafts, refreshments and wildlife presentations.