snub-nosed adj

snub-nosed adj
[ˌsnʌb'nəʊzd]
con il naso a patata or patatina

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  • snub-nosed — adj 1.) having a snub nose 2.) snub nosed pistol/revolver etc a small gun with a very short ↑barrel (=tube where the bullets come out) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • snub-nosed — snub′ nosed adj. 1) cvb having a snub nose 2) cvb having a blunt end: snub nosed pliers[/ex] • Etymology: 1715–25 …   From formal English to slang

  • snub-nosed — /snub nohzd /, adj. 1. having a snub nose: a snub nosed child. 2. having a blunt end: snub nosed pliers. [1715 25] * * * …   Universalium

  • snub-nosed — [snub′nōzd΄] adj. 1. having a snub nose 2. designating or of a handgun with a very short barrel …   English World dictionary

  • snub — v., n., & adj. v.tr. (snubbed, snubbing) 1 rebuff or humiliate with sharp words or a marked lack of cordiality. 2 check the movement of (a boat, horse, etc.) esp. by a rope wound round a post etc. n. an act of snubbing; a rebuff. adj. short and… …   Useful english dictionary

  • nosed — nəʊzd adj. having a nose or snout; having a particular type of nose (i.e. snub nosed) nəʊz n. facial feature above the mouth and below the eyes; part of the body used for smelling and breathing; sense of smell; propensity for detecting;… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • snub — v 1. slight, turn one s back upon, U.S. Sl. brush off, turn up one s nose at, Sl. ritz, Inf. high hat; cut, give the cold shoulder to, Inf. cold shoulder, Inf. put the freeze on, look coldly upon; keep at arm s length, avoid, shun, stand or hold… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • tooled-up — adj British a. armed, issued with firearms. A term used by the underworld and the police since the early 1950s. The noun tool, denoting a firearm, is now archaic. The expression tooled up became more widely known in the later 1970s and 1980s… …   Contemporary slang

  • deformed — adj 1. misshapen, malformed, distorted, ill proportioned, misproportioned; irregular, unnatural, grotesque; contorted, curved, awry, askew, crooked, gnarled; crippled, lame, humpbacked, hunchbacked, Pathol. kyphotic, bowlegged, bandylegged, knock …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • malformed — adj misshapen, distorted, deformed, anamorphous; unsymmetric, irregular, not straight, ill proportioned, misproportioned; misbegotten, ill made, grotesque, awry, crooked, askew; round shouldered, hunchbacked, humpbacked, bowlegged, bandylegged,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • Distortion — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Irregularity of form. < N PARAG:Distortion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 distortion distortion detortion contortion Sgm: N 1 twist twist crookedness &c.(obliquity) 217 Sgm: N 1 grimace grimace Sgm: N 1 deformity …   English dictionary for students

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