Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [shnoz]
- /ʃnɒz/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [shnoz]
- /ʃnɒz/
Definitions of schnoz word
- noun schnoz a nose, especially one of unusually large size. 1
- noun schnoz a person's nose 0
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Origin of schnoz
First appearance:
before 1935 One of the 8% newest English words
1935-40, Americanism; probably expressive alteration of nose, nozzle; schn- by association with any of several semantically related Yiddish words, e.g. shnabl beak, shnoyts snout, shnuk beak, trunk; for suffix of schnozzola see -ola
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Parts of speech for Schnoz
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
schnoz popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
schnoz usage trend in Literature
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