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   snout

   /snaʊt/

   noun

   • 1. the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal: "a sea lion balanced a ball on its snout"
   • ▪ a person's nose: informal "a guard with a pair of vicious piggy eyes above a snarling snout"
   • ▪ the projecting front or end of something such as a pistol: "he was stopped by the snout of her pistol"
   • 2. a cigarette. informal British
   • ▪ tobacco.
   • 3. a police informer: informal British "his arrest had been the work of some anonymous snout"
   • 4. a European moth with long palps that extend in front of the head like a snout.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German snūt; related to snot.

   Derivatives

   • 1. snouted adjective
   • 2. snouty adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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