schnoz

[ shnoz ]
/ ʃnɒz /

noun Slang.

a nose, especially one of unusually large size.
Also schnozz, schnoz·zle [shnoz-uh l] /ˈʃnɒz əl/, schnoz·zo·la [schno-zoh-luh] /stʃnɒˈzoʊ lə/

Origin of schnoz

1935–40, Americanism; probably expressive alteration of nose, nozzle; schn- by association with any of several semantically related Yiddish words, e.g. shnabl beak, shnoyts snout, shnuk beak, trunk; for suffix of schnozzola see -ola

Words nearby schnoz

schnitzler, schnook, schnorkel, schnorkle, schnorrer, schnoz, schnozzle, schoenberg, schoenheimer, schofield, schofield barracks

Example sentences from the Web for schnozzle

  • It began to look as if the next thing this girl would do would be to compare me to Schnozzle Durante.

    Right Ho, Jeeves |P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for schnozzle

schnozzle
/ (ˈʃnɒzəl) /

noun

mainly US a slang word for nose (def. 1)

Word Origin for schnozzle

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