schnozz

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schnozz

/ʃnɒz/ UK
/ʃnɑz/ US

Rhymes with -ɒz

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Likely from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts); cognate with German Schnauze and a doublet of snout; compare schnozzle. A less common theory suggests a variant of nose influenced by schm-, or by general association with Yiddish words. Attested since at least 1940.

noun schnozzes · schnoz · shnoz · shnozz

slang Nose. […] you have got J-E-W written right across the middle of that face—look at the shnoz on him, for God’s sakes!
Similar: nose, beak, beezer, boko, conk, honker, hooter, neb, pecker, proboscis, schnozz, schnozzle

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@misc{schnozz_2026,
  title = {schnozz},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schnozz},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}