snub-nosed
adjective
1
: having a stubby and usually slightly turned-up nose
2
: having a very short barrel
a snub-nosed revolver
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The new snub-nosed shape reduces swing weight, giving you a nimble ride and a clear view of the water beneath your feet.
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025
What’s more, the bullets found in the body were the kind the LAPD issued to officers, and weeks after the murder, Lazarus reported that her backup gun, a snub-nosed .38 Smith & Wesson revolver, had been stolen from her car.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
When Heger and Eddy crossed the finish in their snub-nosed Polaris RZR Pro R that weighs 3,000 lbs.
—Sue Mead, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2025
There is an endangered primate in the remote mountains of China called a snub-nosed golden monkey.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The original AeroPress is like a giant snub-nosed syringe that makes delicious coffee.
—Joe Ray, WIRED, 19 July 2023
On that day 52 years ago, a 21-year-old dressed in red, white and blue pulled out a snub-nosed .38 caliber revolver and shot Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace Jr. at the Laurel Shopping Center.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
With snub-nosed styling that changed little from the 1930s right through to the 1980s, this little delivery truck has toon-town charm in spades.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
The team on this study recorded a society of about 400 individuals and breeding between individuals from different harems was common in golden snub-nosed monkeys.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025
What’s more, the bullets found in the body were the kind the LAPD issued to officers, and weeks after the murder, Lazarus reported that her backup gun, a snub-nosed .38 Smith & Wesson revolver, had been stolen from her car.
—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
When Heger and Eddy crossed the finish in their snub-nosed Polaris RZR Pro R that weighs 3,000 lbs.
—Sue Mead, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2025
There is an endangered primate in the remote mountains of China called a snub-nosed golden monkey.
—Jamie Lang, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
The original AeroPress is like a giant snub-nosed syringe that makes delicious coffee.
—Joe Ray, WIRED, 19 July 2023
On that day 52 years ago, a 21-year-old dressed in red, white and blue pulled out a snub-nosed .38 caliber revolver and shot Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace Jr. at the Laurel Shopping Center.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
With snub-nosed styling that changed little from the 1930s right through to the 1980s, this little delivery truck has toon-town charm in spades.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
The team on this study recorded a society of about 400 individuals and breeding between individuals from different harems was common in golden snub-nosed monkeys.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
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