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Noun
the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration
- in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
Verb (used with object)
Idioms
count noses
- to count the number of people in attendance
- Each time the troop left an exhibit the leader counted noses.
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- to create a disadvantage to oneself through one's own spiteful action.
follow one's nose
- to go forward in a straight course.
- to guide oneself by instinct
- I found the house by following my nose.
look down one's nose at
- to regard with disdain or condescension
- He had always looked down his nose at those who were poorer than he.
on the nose
- Informal .
- precisely, correctly, or perfectly.
- exactly on time
- We made it at ten o'clock on the nose.
- (of a bet) for win only.
- Australian Informal . decayed or putrid; stinking.
- Australian Informal . distasteful or unpleasant; of doubtful validity or propriety.
pay through the nose
- to pay an excessive price
- They patronize small and exclusive shops where they cheerfully pay through the nose.
put someone's nose out of joint
- to annoy or irritate greatly.
- to supersede a person in another's regard, devotion, etc.
- to thwart someone; spoil someone's plans.
rub someone's nose in
- to persecute or tease someone persistently about; nag someone about
- I know I was wrong but you don't have to rub my nose in it.
Synonyms
noun
- adenoids , beak * , bill * , horn * , muzzle * , nares , nostrils , olfactory nerves , proboscis , schnoz , smeller , sneezer , sniffer , snoot , snout * , snuffer , whiffer , olfaction , scent , acumen , astuteness , clear-sightedness , discrimination , eye , keenness , penetration , perceptiveness , percipience , percipiency , perspicacity , sagacity , sageness , shrewdness , wit , muzzle , nozzle , organon , snout , spout
verb
- busybody * , examine , inspect , meddle , mouse * , pry , scent , smell , sniff , snoop * , snuff , whiff , poke , beak , bill , busybody , conk , detect , flair , gift , investigate , knack , muffle , muzzle , nozzle , proboscis , schnoz , schnozz , schnozzle , smeller , sniffer , snoop , snoot , snout , spy
phrasal verb
- hunt down , run down , trace , track down
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