schnozz
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 30
- Words With Friends
- 31
- Letters
- 7
/ʃnɒz/
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/ʃnɒz/ · /ʃnɑz/
Definition of schnozz
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(slang)Nose.
“[…] you have got J-E-W written right across the middle of that face—look at the shnoz on him, for God’s sakes!”
“There's a TV commercial out now for a nasal spray in which a man in need of a decongestant wakes up to find that his entire head has turned into a giant schnozz.”
“One presumes the anesthetic is for the bull, although if I were about to pound a nail through some bull's schnozz I might want some anesthetic myself.”
“In another talk, a DinoNose collaborator, Scott Sampson of the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, pointed out a number of ridges in the ceratopsian schnozz that probably supported curtains of cartilage; these in turn may have served as scaffolding for layers upon layers of mucous membranes.”
““[laughing] Wow, look at all these memories.” [Tallulah chuckles] “The only thing that hasn't changed is the size of your schnoz.” “[laughing] True. I was one big-beaked baby.””
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Etymology
Likely from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout”) and English snout. Compare schnozzle. A less common theory suggests a variant of nose influenced by schm-, or by general association with Yiddish words. Attested since at least 1940.
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