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snootful

/ˈsnuːtfʊl/

snootful noun: a noseful.

snootful: a glass of red liquid
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Noun

snootful (plural snootfuls)

  1. (informal) A noseful.
    • Suddenly the Soda Butte animals are getting great snootfuls of scent laid down over the past month by other wolves, which apparently leaves them with a certain longing for their own quiet, unsullied digs far to the northeast...1996, Gary Ferguson, The Yellowstone Wolves: The First Year
    • It took almost to noon, and quite a bit of slow, careful rolling, and more than a few snootfuls of seawater, but finally he was free.2002, S. Wishnevsky, Quetzalsong, page 124
  2. (informal) A significant ingested quantity of an alcoholic beverage.
    • Only active measures, promptly applied, can provide this poor, pusillanimous poop with the proper pep. And that is why, Jeeves, I intend tomorrow to secure a bottle of gin and lace his luncheon orange juice with it liberally. . . . The truth of the matter being that he is just a plain, ordinary...1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 13, in Right Ho, Jeeves
    • His bulbous nose glows whenever he has a snootful, which is nearly every night.1963 November 1, “Cartoonists: E's Luv'ly”, in Time

Examples of snootful in a sentence

  • Imps see pixies as uppity, giggly snobs, sniffing too many snootfuls of pollen.2009, Steve Berman, So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction, page 229:
  • The truth of the matter being that he is just a plain, ordinary poop and needs a snootful as badly as ever man did.1922, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 13, in Right Ho, Jeeves:
  • "He lost the ability to distinguish between fact and fantasy when he had a snootful."1987 May 22, John Gross, "Books of the Times" (review of The Paris Edition by Waverley Root), New York Times (retrieved 1 Nov 2011)

Forms of snootful

pluralsnootfuls

Origin of snootful

From snoot + -ful.

Words formed from snootful

Phrases with snootful

Questions about snootful

What does snootful mean?
Snootful means a noseful.
How do you use snootful in a sentence?
Imps see pixies as uppity, giggly snobs, sniffing too many snootfuls of pollen.
What part of speech is snootful?
Snootful is a noun.
How do you pronounce snootful?
Snootful is pronounced /ˈsnuːtfʊl/ (US).
What is the plural of snootful?
The plural of snootful is snootfuls.

Words near snootful in the dictionary

  1. snoose
  2. snoot
  3. snooted
  4. snooter
  5. snooters
  6. snootful
  7. snootfuls
  8. snootier
  9. snooties
  10. snootiest
  11. snootily

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