snoot

/snuːt/

snoot noun: an elitist or snobbish person.

Noun

snoot (plural snoots)

(informal) An elitist or snobbish person.
- The sidecars— sneer if you will, you purists and gastronomic snoots— at Perino's in Wilshire in Los Angeles.1943, Lucius Morris Beebe, Snoot if You Must, D. Appleton-Century Company, Incorporated, page 44
- At first, I had no idea you had money, and you didn't seem like a snoot. The place where you were renting was a dumpy place. When you turned out to have money, I was surprised.1990 February 4, Vanessa Nemeth, Stephanie Poggi, “Bumps And All”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 12
Synonyms:

snooty
A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.
- There are lots of epithets for people like this—Grammar Nazis, Usage Nerds, Syntax Snobs, the Language Police. The term I was raised with is SNOOT.2001 April, David Foster Wallace, “Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars over Usage”, in Harper’s Magazine, volume 302, number April 2001, page 41
(derogatory, dialectal, slang) A nose or snout.
- And then he did something which must be unprecedented in jurisprudence. He leaped from his chair, ran over to the old man, and shaking his fist under his nose, roared: 'Listen, you! If you keep on with this stuff, I'll punch you one in the snoot![1966], Friedrich Reck, translated by Paul Rubens, Diary of a Man in Despair, New York Review of Books, →ISBN, page 173
Synonyms:

nose
(Internet, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek").
A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.
- Snoots have traditionally been round in shape when attached to studio strobes, but with flash photography, they have taken on a more rectangular shape because the flash heads are rectangular.2014 December 26, Alyn Stafford, Flash Techniques for Location Portraiture: Single and Multiple-Flash Lighting Techniques, Amherst Media, →ISBN, page 36

Verb

snoot (third-person singular simple present snoots, present participle snooting, simple past and past participle snooted)

To behave disdainfully toward someone.
(transitive) To apply a snoot attachment to (a light).
- Which might mean shaping it, gelling it, snooting it, barn dooring it, and putting it on a stand or a clamp. Maybe taking the dome diffuser off. Perhaps zooming it. Oh my. And you thought you were just taking a picture.2011, Joe McNally, Sketching Light

snoot meaning in Tamil and Urdu

snoot in Tamil

இழித்தல்

snoot in Urdu

ناک

Examples of snoot in a sentence

In defense of low-grade teas, I must say they are very cheap, and I have a large box in my cupboard right next to the higher quality, more snoot-worthy varieties.2013 October 29, Moosewood Collective, Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant: Ethnic and Regional Recipes from the Cooks at the Legendary...
“Do you know any of Larry's other partners?” “Some.” “Do you know Mary Lou Goddard?” “Oh, that snoot.” “Snoot?” “Yes, Larry told me about her.2014 January 31, Robert B Parker, Perish Twice, Oldcastle Books, →ISBN, page 73:

All 12 example sentences with snoot

Synonyms of snoot

snooty
nose

Forms of snoot

Noun
plural	snoots
Verb
third-person singular present	snoots
present participle	snooting
past participle	snooted
past	snooted

Origin of snoot

From Scots snoot, snout (“snout”), from Middle English snowte, from Middle Dutch snute; ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Doublet of snout.

Words formed from snoot

Words that rhyme with snoot

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Questions about snoot

What does snoot mean?: Snoot means an elitist or snobbish person.
What is snoot in Tamil?: Snoot in Tamil is இழித்தல். See Snoot meaning in Tamil.
How do you use snoot in a sentence?: In defense of low-grade teas, I must say they are very cheap, and I have a large box in my cupboard right next to the higher quality, more snoot-worthy varieties.
What part of speech is snoot?: Snoot can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce snoot?: Snoot is pronounced /snuːt/.
What is the plural of snoot?: The plural of snoot is snoots.

Words near snoot in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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