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Snoot
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- 1 An elitist or snobbish person. informal
"The sidecars— sneer if you will, you purists and gastronomic snoots— at Perino's in Wilshire in Los Angeles."
- 2 informal terms for the nose wordnet
- 3 A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.
"There are lots of epithets for people like this—Grammar Nazis, Usage Nerds, Syntax Snobs, the Language Police. The term I was raised with is SNOOT."
- 4 a person regarded as arrogant and annoying wordnet
- 5 A nose or snout. derogatory, dialectal, slang
"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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- 6 Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek"). Internet, childish, humorous
- 7 A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.
"Snoots have traditionally been round in shape when attached to studio strobes, but with flash photography, they have taken on a more rectangular shape because the flash heads are rectangular."
- 1 To behave disdainfully toward someone.
- 2 To apply a snoot attachment to (a light). transitive
"Which might mean shaping it, gelling it, snooting it, barn dooring it, and putting it on a stand or a clamp. Maybe taking the dome diffuser off. Perhaps zooming it. Oh my. And you thought you were just taking a picture."
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.
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.
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