1. [informal] The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
   "he has a cold in the snout";
   - nose, olfactory organ, beak [informal], honker [informal], hooter [informal], nozzle [informal], snoot [informal], schnozzle [informal], schnoz [informal], conk [Brit, informal]
    
2. A long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
   "The pig's snout rooted through the mud";
   - neb
    
3. Beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
   "The weevil's snout was perfectly adapted for boring into wood";
   - rostrum
    
4. [UK, informal] Leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
   "The old sailor always had a pouch of snout in his pocket";
   - tobacco, baccy [Brit, informal]
    
5. [Brit, informal] Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police
   "The snout provided crucial information that led to the arrest of the drug dealer";
   - fink [N. Amer, informal], snitch [informal], snitcher [informal], stoolpigeon [informal], stool pigeon [informal], stoolie [N. Amer, informal], sneak [informal], canary [N. Amer], grass [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: snouts

Type of: betrayer, blabber [informal], chemoreceptor, drug of abuse, informer, plant product, rat [informal], squealer, street drug

Part of: face, human face, muzzle, tobacco product, upper respiratory tract

Encyclopedia: Snout, Tom