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snouted

/ˈnaʊtɪd/

snoutedadjective

more snouted

Comp.

most snouted

Super.

/ˈnaʊtɪd/

Translations

рылый

The snouted animal dug through the dirt.

Рылое животное копалось в земле.

Definitions

Having a prominent or elongated nose or snout.

The snouted animal dug through the soil with ease.

Used in compound terms to describe animals distinguished by a particular type of snout.

The short-snouted gharial is critically endangered.

Synonyms

snoutnoun

Definitions

The projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal.

The pig used its snout to dig through the soil in search of food.

A part of something that resembles or suggests the snout of an animal, such as the front end of an aircraft.

The snout of the airplane was painted with a fierce shark design.

A person's nose, especially when large or prominent.

He wrinkled his snout in distaste at the unpleasant smell.

The terminal front of a glacier at any given time.

Over the last century the glacier’s snout has retreated by nearly a kilometre.

British prison slang: tobacco or a cigarette traded or smuggled by inmates.

He saved up his dessert so he could swap it for a bit of snout later.

snoutverb

snouted

Past Simple

snouted

Past Simple

snouted

Past Participle

snouting

Gerund

/snaʊt/

Used mainly of animals or figuratively of people when they poke or search with the nose; attested in major dictionaries.

Definitions

To poke, root, or search with the nose or snout, often while looking for food or investigating.

The terrier snouted around the garden, sniffing every clump of grass.

Synonyms

squeal (on)

nose around

snoop

pry

nose (around)

poke around

inform

inform on

betray

snitch (on)

rat (on)

tattle (on)

grass (on)

dob in

nark (on)

snoutadjective

Definitions

Used attributively before another noun to denote something that has a conspicuous or elongated snout.

The snout beetle is a serious pest for many crops.