snout

Animal's projecting face

A snout is the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a pig or dog.

The word extends to anything that resembles this shape—the front of a glacier, the nozzle of a hose, or a person's nose (usually disparagingly): Keep your snout out of my business.

In British slang, a snout is a police informer or a cigarette.

anatomy

muzzle

Animal's nose area

whiskers · jowl · bridge · septum · nasal · flared · wet · cold · twitching · sensitive

pig

boar

Undomesticated male swine

sow · trotter · oink · grunting · rooting · snuffle · pigsty · sty · pork · jowl

smell

sniff

Brief nasal inhalation

aroma · odor · tracking · foraging · rooting · truffle · detecting · sensitive · keen · twitching

slang

nose

Olfactory facial organ

  • faceHead's anterior surface
  • conkBlow to the skull
  • beakHorny avian mouthpart

schnoz · hooter · proboscis · mug · kisser

nozzle

spout

Projecting pouring tube

  • hoseFlexible fluid conduit
  • spigotLiquid flow controller
  • faucetValve controlling water flow

valve · jet · spray · dispenser · tap · pipe · outlet · showerhead · hydrant · sprinkler

muzzle

restraint

Control over impulses

  • bridleEquine control harness
  • halterAnimal restraint rope
  • strapNarrow flexible binding material

harness · collar · leash · guard · cage · basket · fitted · strapped · prevented · biting

Categories
Opposites
animal facial protrusion type

snoutbeak

Horny avian mouthpart

bill · pug nose · rostrum · button nose · muzzle

body position/extremity

snouttail

Rear animal appendage

hindquarters · rear end · rump · posterior

Phrases
Family

snouts, snouted, snouty, snoutlike, snoutful

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G