nose : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), the silver moonfish.

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Bot"tle-nose` noun

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(Zoöl.)

1. A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.
2. The puffin.

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Bot"tle-nosed` adjective

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1. Having the nose bottleshaped, or large at the end. Dickens.

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• noun any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean
  bottlenose dolphin; bottlenose.
  

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• noun northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
  bottlenose; bottlenose whale; Hyperoodon ampullatus.
  

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• noun enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
  copper nose; rum-blossom; hypertrophic rosacea; rum nose; brandy nose; rhinophyma; potato nose; hammer nose.
  

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• the upper, bony part of the nose.

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• verb flatter with the intention of getting something
  butter up.
  

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• noun a disease of pigs resulting in swelling of the snout
  

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Bull's"-nose` noun

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1. (Arch.) An external angle when obtuse or rounded.

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• noun large bloodsucking bug
  big bedbug; conenose; kissing bug; conenose bug.
  

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• noun enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
  copper nose; rum-blossom; hypertrophic rosacea; rum nose; brandy nose; rhinophyma; potato nose; hammer nose.
  

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Cop"per-nose noun

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1. A red nose. Shak.

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• noun large ray found along eastern coast of North America
  Rhinoptera bonasus; cownose ray.
  

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• noun a specialist in the disorders of the ear or nose or throat
  otolaryngologist; ENT man; rhinolaryngologist; otorhinolaryngologist.
  

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• noun enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
  copper nose; rum-blossom; hypertrophic rosacea; rum nose; brandy nose; rhinophyma; potato nose; hammer nose.
  

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• adjective satellite guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
  practical; hardheaded; pragmatic.
  
  • a hardheaded appraisal of our position
  • a hard-nosed labor leader
  • completely practical in his approach to business
  • not ideology but pragmatic politics

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• noun a nose curved downward like the beak of a hawk
  

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• noun southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig
  hog badger; Arctonyx collaris; sand badger.
  

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• noun large naked-muzzled skunk with white back and tail; of southwestern North America and Mexico
  Conepatus leuconotus; hognosed skunk; rooter skunk; badger skunk.
  

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• adjective satellite having an aquiline nose
  

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Hook"-nosed` adjective

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1. Having a hooked or aquiline nose. Shak.

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• (Zoöl.), a bat of the genus Rhinolophus, having a nasal fold of skin shaped like a horsehoe.

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• verb work doggedly or persistently
  keep one's shoulder to the wheel; peg away; slog; plug away.
  
  • She keeps plugging away at her dissertation

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• verb conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
  play false; snow; hoodwink; pull the wool over someone's eyes; bamboozle.
  
  • He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well

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Leaf"-nosed` noun

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1. (Zoöl.) Having a leaflike membrane on the nose; -- said of certain bats, esp. of the genera Phyllostoma and Rhinonycteris. See Vampire.

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• noun bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae
  leafnose bat.
  

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• noun any of various pale blotched snakes with a blunt snout of southwestern North America
  

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• (Carp.), a bit similar to a gouge bit, but having a cutting edge on one side of its boring end.

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• noun street names for cocaine
  blow; C; coke; snow.
  

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• noun front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere
  ogive.
  

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• noun a periodic count of the population
  census; nosecount.
  

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• noun a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
  dive; nosedive.
  

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• noun street names for heroin
  skag; thunder; hell dust; big H; smack; scag.
  

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• noun a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries)
  

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• (Mach.), a frontal hammer.

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• (Glass Making), a small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process.

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• noun cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose
  rhinoplasty.
  

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• (Carp.), a fox wedge.

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• (Zoöl.), a thin, broad, membranous fold of skin on the nose of many species of bats. It varies greatly in size and form.

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• fig., a person who is pliant and easily influenced. "A nose of wax to be turned every way." Massinger

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• verb recognize or detect by or as if by smelling
  scent out; sniff out; smell out.
  
  • He can smell out trouble

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• the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached.

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• noun a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it
  

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• adjective satellite being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion
  on the button.
  
  • his guess was on the nose
  • the prediction for snow was right on the button
• adverb just as it should be
  on the dot; exactly; precisely; on the button.
  
  • `Precisely, my lord,' he said

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• noun the tail of a dressed fowl
  parson's nose.
  

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• noun the tail of a dressed fowl
  parson's nose.
  

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• the rump, or uropygium, of a bird. See Uropygium.

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• noun enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
  copper nose; rum-blossom; hypertrophic rosacea; rum nose; brandy nose; rhinophyma; potato nose; hammer nose.
  

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• noun a short nose; flattened and turned up at the end
  

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Pug" nose`

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1. A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- Pug"-nosed` a.

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• adjective satellite having a blunt nose
  pug-nose; pug-nosed; short-nosed.
  
  • a pug-nosed boy with freckles
  • a snub-nosed automatic

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• (Zoöl.), a deep-water marine eel (Simenchelys parasiticus) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of the halibut.

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• adjective satellite having a blunt nose
  pug-nose; pug-nosed; short-nosed.
  
  • a pug-nosed boy with freckles
  • a snub-nosed automatic

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• noun a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge
  hooknose.
  

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• a nose somewhat aquiline.

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• noun enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
  copper nose; rum-blossom; hypertrophic rosacea; rum nose; brandy nose; rhinophyma; potato nose; hammer nose.
  

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• adjective satellite having a sharply pointed nose
  

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• adjective satellite having a blunt nose
  pug-nose; pug-nosed; short-nosed.
  
  • a pug-nosed boy with freckles
  • a snub-nosed automatic

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Shov"el-nosed` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having a broad, flat nose; as, the shovel-nosed duck, or shoveler.

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• . (Zoöl.) See Shovelnose (d).

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• adjective satellite (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
  snotty; bigheaded; stuck-up; persnickety; too big for one's breeches; uppish; snooty.
  
  • a snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le Sage
  • they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and persnickety
• adjective satellite dirty with nasal discharge
  snotty.
  
  • a snotty nose
  • a house full of snot-nosed kids

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• adjective satellite marked by casual disrespect
  insolent; impudent; flip.
  
  • a flip answer to serious question
  • the student was kept in for impudent behavior

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• a short or flat nose.

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• adjective satellite having a blunt nose
  pug-nose; pug-nosed; short-nosed.
  
  • a pug-nosed boy with freckles
  • a snub-nosed automatic

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Snub"-nosed` adjective

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1. Having a short, flat nose, slightly turned up; as, the snub-nosed eel. snub-nosed revolver, a revolver with a very short barrel. --

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• (Zoöl.), the pygmy sperm whale.

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• adjective (of a bullet) made of soft material that expands on impact
  

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• noun amphibious mole of eastern North America having pink fleshy tentacles around the nose
  starnose mole; Condylura cristata.
  

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• to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude.

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• . See under Grindstone.

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• to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a person leads a beast. Shak.

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• to humiliate one's pride, esp. by supplanting one in the affections of another. Slang

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• to meddle officiously in.

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• to deprive of; to rob. Slang

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• to cheat. Old Slang

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• adjective satellite snobbish; pretentiously superior
  

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• noun enlargement of the nose with dilation of follicles and redness and prominent vascularity of the skin; often associated with excessive consumption of alcohol
  copper nose; rum-blossom; hypertrophic rosacea; rum nose; brandy nose; rhinophyma; potato nose; hammer nose.
  

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• adjective satellite having a tubular nose
  

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Tube"-nosed` adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the nostrils prolonged in the form of horny tubes along the sides of the beak; -- said of certain sea birds. (b) Belonging to the Tubinares.

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• noun any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
  tube-nosed bat; harpy bat; harpy.
  

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• noun any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
  tube-nosed bat; harpy bat; harpy.
  

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Tut"-nose` noun

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1. A snub nose. Prov. Eng.

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