Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schnozzle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schnoz-zle
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The human nose, especially one that is large.

Slang

Example Sentences

"Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante."
"I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me."

Etymology

Probably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”) and English snout. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: שנויץ

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

schnozzles (plural)

Synonyms

beak conk honker hooter schnoz, schnozz, shnoz, schnozzola snoot nose beezer boko neb pecker proboscis

Rhymes With

nozzle swazzle shemozzle snozzle

Questions

What does schnozzle mean?: The human nose, especially one that is large.
Where does schnozzle come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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