Meanings
plural schnozzles
- slangThe human nose, especially one that is large.
I poked that bastard in the schnozzle, he told himself proudly, and everybody on the crew will thank me.
1947, Leslie Waller, Show Me the Way, page 311 more example
Buster Keaton is the plumber, passionate or otherwise, and he is more than ably assisted by the Schnozzle, Jimmy Durante.
1932, “The Passionate Plumber”, in Motion Picture, page 64Synonyms: beak, conk, honker, hooter, schnoz, schnozz, shnoz, schnozzola, snoot, nose, beak
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe human nose, especially one that is large.
More synonyms by meaning
nouninformal terms for the nose
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Yiddishשנויץ“snout”
- Englishschnozzle
Probably from Yiddish שנויץ (shnoyts, “snout”), cognate to German Schnauze (“snout, muzzle”) and English snout. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests the word may be pseudo-Yiddish coined in English. Attested since 1930.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ци́вка
- ци́вка (cívka)slang: human nose, especially large one
Czech frňák
- frňákslang: human nose, especially large one
Esperanto nazego
- nazegoslang: human nose, especially large one
Finnish klyyvari, nokka
- klyyvarislang: human nose, especially large one
- nokkaslang: human nose, especially large one
French blair, pif
- blairslang: human nose, especially large one
- pifslang: human nose, especially large one
- tarinslang: human nose, especially large one
German Rüssel, Riecher
- Rüsselslang: human nose, especially large one
- Riecherslang: human nose, especially large one
- Knolleslang: human nose, especially large one
- Zinkenslang: human nose, especially large one
Greek μυτόγκα
- μυτόγκα (mytógka)slang: human nose, especially large one
Hungarian hefti, ormány
- heftislang: human nose, especially large one
- ormányslang: human nose, especially large one
Italian nasone
- nasoneslang: human nose, especially large one
Norwegian Bokmål snyteskaft, nesegrev
- snyteskaftslang: human nose, especially large one
- nesegrevslang: human nose, especially large one
Polish nochal, kinol
- nochalslang: human nose, especially large one
- kinolslang: human nose, especially large one
Portuguese narigão
- narigãoslang: human nose, especially large one
Russian шно́бель, руби́льник
- шно́бель (šnóbelʹ)slang: human nose, especially large one
- руби́льник (rubílʹnik)slang: human nose, especially large one
- пая́льник (pajálʹnik)slang: human nose, especially large one
Slovak raťafák
- raťafákslang: human nose, especially large one
Spanish hocico, napia
- hocicoslang: human nose, especially large one
- napiaslang: human nose, especially large one
- tochaslang: human nose, especially large one
Swedish kran, tryne
- kranslang: human nose, especially large one
- tryneslang: human nose, especially large one
Yiddish שנאָבל
- שנאָבל (shnobl)slang: human nose, especially large one
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with schnozzle
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schnozzle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schnozzle
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