schnozzle
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), originally from German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”). The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
schnozzle (plural schnozzles)
- (slang) The human nose, especially one that is large.
- 1932, “The Passionate Plumber”, in Motion Picture, page 64:
- Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante.
- 1947, Leslie Waller, Show Me the Way, page 31:
- I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me.
SynonymsEdit
- beak
- conk (Britain)
- honker (US)
- hooter (Britain)
- schnoz, schnozz, shnoz
- schnozzola
- snoot (US)
- See also Thesaurus:nose
TranslationsEdit
slang: human nose, especially large one
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ReferencesEdit
- “schnozzle, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.