schnoz

noun

variants or schnozz or less commonly schnozzola
plural schnozzes also schnozzolas
US slang
: nose
Sneezing is a natural reflex designed to clear virus particles from your schnozz.Jeff Keough
used especially of a large nose
… a swordsman with the soul of a poet and the schnoz of Pinocchio.Tim Appelo et al.
My former girlfriend Carrie was an aspiring actress who often contemplated a nose job. But with her high cheekbones and beautiful, wide mouth, her substantial schnoz looked just right.Josh Mooney
Bruins forward Rob DiMaio has the NHL's most spectacular schnozz. Lumpy and brightly scarred at its bridge, the DiMaio proboscis possesses an angular inconsistency that would befuddle a geometrician.Kostya Kennedy
Woolright goes over and pinches C.D.'s big schnozzola.Amiri Baraka

Examples of schnoz in a Sentence

another smart remark like that and you'll get a bop on the schnoz
Recent Examples on the Web But in his eternal wisdom, director George Miller decided to give Hemsworth a big schnoz. Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 3 July 2024 His gravest injury in real life was a bloody nose, spurred by hitting his schnoz twice on the McCallisters' doggy door. Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024 But Cooper, who also directed and co-wrote (with Josh Singer), would hardly be the first lead actor contender to alter his schnoz for the sake of verisimilitude. Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023 Cooper’s decision to don a prosthetic nose — with the fake schnoz featured, uh, prominently in the film’s trailer — sparked a firestorm of criticism, with some decrying it as antisemitic. Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for schnoz 

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Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of schnoz was in 1930

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“Schnoz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schnoz. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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