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noun

ˈsnüt How to pronounce snoot (audio)
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as in snob
a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior our neighbor is a tiresome old snoot who keeps talking about how the neighborhood is going downhill

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as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity an overbearing snob who walks around with her snoot up in the air

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as in scowl
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval a snoot that suggested that she thought that she was better than the rest of us

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snoot

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verb

as in to disdain
to show contempt for after some modest success, the singer began to snoot the very people who had helped her get her career off the ground

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Recent Examples of snoot
Noun
The dog's head poked out from under her seat with his snoot by her heels. — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025 Their snoots ricocheted the ball off the wall and back to the owner who hit it away. — David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Bud is a schnauzer mix with deep, expressive eyes; beige snoot and leg stockings; and a white chest, with the rest of his fur a charcoal black. — Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Jan. 2025 Some significant figures are just cut completely, others reduced to a quirk, and others, in the case of the society gossips, turned into a comic chorus: genuinely funny (Sierra Boggess is a hoot as a racist real estate snoot) but also too easy of a punching bag. — Steven Oxman, Variety, 9 July 2024 Australian photographer Simon Theuma lit up the scene with a strobe light, concentrated into a focused point with a photography tool called a snoot. — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024 The snoot of the car has been extended still further and completely reshaped. — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2023 That’s when the human reaches out and gives the cat a little boop on its snoot. — Melissa Locker, Time, 9 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snoot
  1. snob
  2. nose
  3. scowl
  4. disdain
  5. snot
  6. snout
  7. frown
  8. disrespect
Noun
  • Beloved by coffee snobs and design aficionados alike, the Alessi stovetop coffee maker blends high-quality brewing with a form that is beautiful enough to leave out all day long.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 27 June 2026
  • The move shocked snobs everywhere, who could not believe that the future Queen of England had chosen a ring from a common catalogue.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026
Definition of snob
Noun
  • Spreading food across a yard or floor so your dog has to use their nose to find each piece.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • Elii Emeghebo said Peter Jackson, a menswear company that specializes in suits, used AI to alter his skin tone and reshape his nose, among other changes to his facial features, according to a report from ABC News Australia.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 July 2026
Definition of nose
Noun
  • The role requires basically one expression, a mechanized scowl.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 26 June 2026
  • His scowl in training sessions was permanent.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of scowl
Verb
  • The title character disdains the common folk, and the play’s complicated political discussion and harsh, jagged poetry aren’t what most picnicking playgoers are after.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Raised in a household of voracious readers in suburban Philadelphia, her father a professor of Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania and her mother having worked for magazines, Sebold disdained the university’s frat culture.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of disdain
Noun
  • Hitting the snot out of the ball.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Two competitors enter the intimate venue looking to knock the snot out of each other.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Definition of snot
Noun
  • With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • With those personal details out of the way, the app asks the user to identify the dog’s breed, snout description, and coat type (single, double, or hairless), as well as what her typical daily activity looks like.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
Definition of snout
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  • Numbers might be up, but frowns are also up.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 16 June 2026
  • Turning a smile into a frown, or a frown into a smile.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 9 June 2026
Definition of frown
Verb
  • Kenzie completely rejects Corbin’s because Corbin, having disrespected her, is now dead to her.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • His obsession with disrespecting the talents of all Americans is now costing us dearly.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026
Definition of disrespect

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“Snoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoot. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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