snout Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
    neb.
  2. noun informal terms for the nose
    snoot; hooter; nozzle; schnoz; beak; schnozzle; honker.
  3. noun beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
    rostrum.

WordNet

Snout noun
Etymology
OE. snoute, probably of Scand, or Low German origin; cf. LG. snute, D. snuit, G. schnauze, Sw. snut, snyte, Dan. snude, Icel. snta to blow the nose; probably akin to E. snuff, v.t. Cf. Snite, Snot, Snuff.
Definitions
  1. The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.
  2. The nose of a man; -- in contempt. Hudibras.
  3. The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
  4. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; -- called also rostrum. (b) The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles.
Snout transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To furnish with a nozzle or point.

Webster 1913