Word.ws English Dictionary

nose in the air

nose in the air noun: the condition of being disdainful, uppity, or stuck up.

Noun

nose in the air (plural noses in the air)

  1. The condition of being disdainful, uppity, or stuck up.

Forms of nose in the air

pluralnoses in the air

Questions about nose in the air

What does nose in the air mean?
Nose in the air means the condition of being disdainful, uppity, or stuck up.
What part of speech is nose in the air?
Nose in the air is a noun.
What is the plural of nose in the air?
The plural of nose in the air is noses in the air.

Words near nose in the air in the dictionary

  1. nose grinds
  2. nose guard
  3. nose guards
  4. nose hair
  5. nose hairs
  6. nose in the air
  7. nose job
  8. nose jobs
  9. nose key
  10. nose keys
  11. nose kiss

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nose in the air (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “nose in the air.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/nose_in_the_air. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.