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schnoz

noun

informal terms for the nose

• Syn:

↑beak, ↑honker, ↑hooter, ↑nozzle, ↑snoot, ↑snout, ↑schnozzle

• Regions:

↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A.

• Hypernyms: ↑nose, ↑olfactory organ

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/shnoz/, n. Slang.

a nose, esp. one of unusually large size.

Also, schnozz, schnozzle /shnoz"euhl/, schnozzola /schno zoh"leuh/.

[1935-40, Amer.; prob. expressive alter. of NOSE, NOZZLE; schn- by assoc. with any of several semantically related Yiddish words, e.g. shnabl beak, shnoyts SNOUT, shnuk beak, trunk; for suffix of schnozzola see -OLA]

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schnoz variant UK [ʃnɒz] US [ʃnɑz]

Main entry: schnozzle

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[shnäz]

(also schnozz or schnozzola [shnä'zōlə]) n. informal a person's nose

Origin:

1940s: from Yiddish shnoytz, from German Schnauze ‘snout’

Useful english dictionary. 2012.