English Dictionary

snoot

/snuːt/

noun

(informal) An elitist individual; one who looks down upon lower social classes. / A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.

He always acts like a snoot at the art gallery.

意味（1）

(informal) An elitist individual; one who looks down upon lower social classes.

The sidecars— sneer if you will, you purists and gastronomic snoots— at Perino's in Wilshire in Los Angeles.

意味（2）

A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.

意味（3）

(dialectal or slang) A nose or snout, especially in derogatory use.

And then he did something which must be unprecedented in jurisprudence. He leaped from his chair, ran over to the old man, and shaking his fist under his nose, roared: 'Listen, you! If you keep on with this stuff, I'll punch you one in the snoot!

意味（4）

(Internet slang, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek").

意味（5）

(theater, photography) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.

Snoots have traditionally been round in shape when attached to studio strobes, but with flash photography, they have taken on a more rectangular shape because the flash heads are rectangular.