snouts

Noun

snout (plural snouts)

1. The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
   • The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout.
2. The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
   • The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.1944, Miles Burton, The Three Corpse Trick, chapter 5
3. (derogatory) A person's nose.
   • His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout.
4. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
   • If you place the snout right into the bucket, it won't spray as much.
5. The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
6. The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.

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