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schnoz

(shnŏz) or schnozz (shnŏz), also schnoz·zle (shnŏz′əl)

n. Slang

The human nose.

[Probably alteration of Yiddish snoyts, snout, muzzle, from German Schnauze.]

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schnozzle

(ˈʃnɒzəl)

chiefly US a slang word for nose¹ Also: schnoz or schnozz

[alteration of Yiddish shnoitsl, diminutive of shnoits, from German Schnauze snout]

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Noun

schnozzle - informal terms for the nose

hooter, schnoz, snoot, snout, nozzle, honker, beak

nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

schnozzle

noun

Slang. The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract:

nose, proboscis.

Informal: beak, snoot.

Slang: nozzle, schnoz, snout.

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schnozzle

[ˈʃnɒzəl] N (esp US) → napia f, nariz f

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schnozzle

n (esp US inf) → Zinken m (inf)

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