Definition of nosed
:having a nose especially of a specified kind
—usually used in combination
- snub-nosed
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Control the ball, control the clock and play hard-nosed football,
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When these red-nosed freaks infiltrate the hayride, there’s only one way to escape—through a corn maze.
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Ware is a hard-nosed runner, West is a bit more elusive and Hunt seems to have caught on quickly.
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Across all those continents and many islands were massive, long-nosed creatures that included the notorious woolly mammoths and mastodons.
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The invitation by Mr. Macron, at 39, France’s youngest president in modern times, to Mr. Trump, 71, the oldest person ever elected to the White House, is consistent with Mr. Macron’s developing hard-nosed pragmatism in global affairs.
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A chase ensues between the minions of a three-nosed Jabba-type beast named Igon Siruss (voiced by John Goodman) and Valerian, who has inadvertently trapped his arm between dimensions.
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Gibson and Butler brought a grinding, hard-nosed, defensive-minded attitude to those Bulls that embodied exactly what Thibodeau wanted in a team.
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Though the Beavers have emphasized improving the passing game this offseason, a hard-nosed running game will remain a staple in this offense.
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First Known Use of nosed
15th century
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: having a nose of a specified kind
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