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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 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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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
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
Noun
The dog's head poked out from under her seat with his snoot by her heels.
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Since the show’s premiere in March 2024, Burnett’s Norma has been set up as a money- and status-hungry snob, willing to do just about anything to have others do her bidding and maintain her opulent lifestyle amongst the highest of high society.—
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Among coffee snobs—call them MAMICs La Marzocco is deservedly famous for its technical finesse, producing superb shots time and again.—
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Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.—
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To experience it, visitors to the free exhibition don a VR headset outfitted with a scent dispenser that sits over the nose.—
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Laura Dern’s scowl is one of the great wonders of American movies.—
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As Martha, Close wears all-black outfits and a rigid scowl.—
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While some other schools have disdained it, particularly because of coaching searches and roster turnover and perhaps over financial costs that make bowls a wash or worse on the payday, Drinkwitz and MU don’t want to surrender the present to the future.—
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Matt is fighting against a woman who hates Christianity, will take away your guns, wants Open Borders, Transgender for everybody, men in women’s sports, and openly disdains Country music.—
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The Dolphins got the snot kicked out of them in the second half — AGAIN — because that’s what this 2025 team does, no matter who is under center since Miami’s been outscored 113-27 in the third quarter.—
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Billy Bob said his father knocked the snot out of him routinely.—
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The snout serves as a steam release, and the terra-cotta form ensures whatever is inside heats evenly.—
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Sharks are able to detect weak electric signals using the pores on their snouts that act as electroreceptors, which helps them with navigation and prey detection.—
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Not a quiver in his lips, yet his frown growing.—
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My best friend Russell is an acupuncturist, and seemed like the perfect person to place my tape, slapping it on my frown lines, crow’s-feet, and nasolabial folds.—
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While the Steelers might be disrespected on a national scale after an up-and-down season, the Texans can't take the bait.—
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Employees said they felt disrespected by the process and disrupted from their prior jobs, which included coaching new teachers, providing restorative justice programs and offering specialized services like those for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.—
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“Snoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoot. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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