"snoot" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /snuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snoot.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snoots [plural]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|snoot}} Scots snoot, {{m|sco|snout|t=snout}} snout (“snout”), {{der|en|enm|snowte}} Middle English snowte, {{der|en|dum|snute}} Middle Dutch snute, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*snūt}} Proto-West Germanic *snūt, {{der|en|gem-pro|*snūtaz}} Proto-Germanic *snūtaz, {{doublet|en|snout}} Doublet of snout Head templates: {{en-noun}} snoot (plural snoots)
  1. (informal) An elitist individual; one who looks down upon lower social classes. Tags: informal Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-snoot-en-noun-~hJgXwdE Disambiguation of People: 31 38 9 14 5 0 4
  2. A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism. Categories (topical): Discrimination, People
    Sense id: en-snoot-en-noun-XVKPCDKU Disambiguation of Discrimination: 12 45 10 10 15 0 8 Disambiguation of People: 31 38 9 14 5 0 4 Categories (other): DoggoLingo, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of DoggoLingo: 16 57 1 11 5 7 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 57 1 5 7 7 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 56 4 5 8 6 6
  3. (dialectal or slang) A nose or snout, especially in derogatory use.
    Sense id: en-snoot-en-noun-2ES3njYN
  4. (Internet slang, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek"). Tags: Internet, childish, humorous Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-snoot-en-noun-t7CBR4TY Disambiguation of People: 31 38 9 14 5 0 4
  5. (theater, photography) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light. Categories (topical): Photography, Theater Translations (theater: cylindrical or conical attachment on a spotlight): veitsi (Finnish), cône spot [masculine] (French), тубус (tubus) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-snoot-en-noun-9GrUspCz Topics: arts, entertainment, hobbies, lifestyle, photography, theater Disambiguation of 'theater: cylindrical or conical attachment on a spotlight': 4 7 2 3 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (nose): nose Derived forms: droop snoot Related terms: snootful, snooty
Disambiguation of 'nose': 0 0 53 47 0

Verb

IPA: /snuːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snoot.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snoots [present, singular, third-person], snooting [participle, present], snooted [participle, past], snooted [past]
Rhymes: -uːt Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|snoot}} Scots snoot, {{m|sco|snout|t=snout}} snout (“snout”), {{der|en|enm|snowte}} Middle English snowte, {{der|en|dum|snute}} Middle Dutch snute, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*snūt}} Proto-West Germanic *snūt, {{der|en|gem-pro|*snūtaz}} Proto-Germanic *snūtaz, {{doublet|en|snout}} Doublet of snout Head templates: {{en-verb}} snoot (third-person singular simple present snoots, present participle snooting, simple past and past participle snooted)
  1. To behave disdainfully toward someone.
    Sense id: en-snoot-en-verb-iJcB2Uhe
  2. (transitive, theater, photography) To apply a snoot attachment to (a light). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Photography, Theater
    Sense id: en-snoot-en-verb-LVxxdiS1 Topics: arts, entertainment, hobbies, lifestyle, photography, theater

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1943, Lucius Morris Beebe, Snoot if You Must, D. Appleton-Century Company, Incorporated, page 44",
          "text": "The sidecars— sneer if you will, you purists and gastronomic snoots— at Perino's in Wilshire in Los Angeles.",
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        "(informal) An elitist individual; one who looks down upon lower social classes."
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          "ref": "[1966], Friedrich Reck, translated by Paul Rubens, Diary of a Man in Despair, New York Review of Books, page 173",
          "text": "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!",
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        "Snout; especially of a dog (\"doggo\"), cat (\"catto\"), or snake (\"snek\")."
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        "(Internet slang, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog (\"doggo\"), cat (\"catto\"), or snake (\"snek\")."
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      "word": "veitsi"
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