snout

Definition

The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.

Etymology

From Middle English snowte, snout, snute, from Old English *snūt, from Proto-West Germanic *snūt, from Proto-Germanic *snūtaz. Compare Saterland Frisian Snuute (“snout”), West Frisian snút (“snout”), Dutch snuit or snoet (“snout; cute face”), German Low German Snuut (“snout”), German Schnauze, Schnute (“snout”). Doublet of snoot.

Example Sentences

• "The pig rooted around in the dirt with its snout."
• "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."
• "His glasses kept slipping further down onto his prominent snout."