nose
noun
verb (used with object), nosed, nos·ing.
verb (used without object), nosed, nos·ing.
Verb Phrases
- to defeat, especially by a narrow margin: The other candidates had been nosed out in the final returns.
- to learn or discover, especially by snooping or prying: to nose out a secret.
Idioms for nose
- to go forward in a straight course.
- to guide oneself by instinct: I found the house by following my nose.
- precisely, correctly, or perfectly.
- exactly on time: We made it at ten o'clock on the nose.
- (of a bet) for win only.
- Australian Informal. decayed or putrid; stinking.
- Australian Informal. distasteful or unpleasant; of doubtful validity or propriety.
- to annoy or irritate greatly.
- to supersede a person in another's regard, devotion, etc.
- to thwart someone; spoil someone's plans.
Origin of nose
OTHER WORDS FROM nose
nose·less, adjective nose·like, adjective un·nosed, adjectiveWords nearby nose
Example sentences from the Web for nose
I will turn my nose up when you offer me the rest of some delicious pastry that you nibbled on.
They should have pointed the nose of the Airbus down and applied more power.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? |Clive Irving |January 4, 2015 |DAILY BEASTA spandex mask stretched over his face, covering his eyes and nose.
Dungeons and Genital Clamps: Inside a Legendary BDSM Chateau |Ian Frisch |December 20, 2014 |DAILY BEASTAlso, your nose is in front of your face and the sun will come up tomorrow.
With a nose for bogus facts, Johnson sets out to break the Internet by breaking news.
Her nose is as flat as a pancake and she rouges something fierce.
The Gorgeous Girl |Nalbro BartleyHe laughed like a schoolboy in anticipation of a prank, and held his scented handkerchief to his nose.
El Dorado |Baroness Orczy"I'd get thrown out on my bean if I ever stuck my nose in the kitchen door," Murk said.
The Brand of Silence |Harrington StrongHounds like Bluey and Brutus run by sight alone; they have no nose, and the moment they cannot see their game they are lost.
The Ranche on the Oxhide |Henry InmanMr Brass slyly tickles his nose with his pen, and looks at Kit with the water standing in his eyes.
The Old Curiosity Shop |Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for nose
noun
- (in horse-race betting) to win onlyI bet twenty pounds on the nose on that horse
- mainly US and Canadian precisely; exactly
- Australian bad or bad-smelling
- to be short-sighted; suffer from myopia
- to lack insight or foresight
- directly in front of one
- without one noticing
verb
Derived forms of nose
noseless, adjective noselike, adjectiveWord Origin for nose
Medical definitions for nose
n.
Idioms and Phrases with nose
In addition to the idioms beginning with nose
- nose about
- nose in
- nose in a book, have one's
- nose in the air, have one's
- nose into
- nose out
- nose out of joint, have one's
- nose to the grindstone, keep one's
also see:
- brown nose
- can't see beyond the end of one's nose
- count noses
- cut off one's nose
- follow one's nose
- keep one's nose clean
- lead by the nose
- look down on (one's nose)
- no skin off my nose
- on the nose
- pay through the nose
- plain as day (the nose on your face)
- poke one's nose into
- rub someone's nose in it
- thumb one's nose
- turn up one's nose
- under one's nose
- win by a nose