English words for 'Alternative form of nosebeard.'
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noun
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
- a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures
- (uncountable, Southern England) Cocaine.
- (nautical) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy.
- (botany) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
- A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.
- The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
- (farriery) A toe clip.
- The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
- (slang, British) A justice of the peace; a magistrate.
- (especially MTE) A person's mouth.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.
- Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
- (architecture) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
- A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
- (nautical) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
- The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
- (slang, British public schools) A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton).
- A person's nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
verb
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- (informal) A large nose.
- common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
- a driver who causes their car's horn to make a loud honking sound
- (slang) The telephone.
- (slang) A loud burst of flatulence.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- One who honks.
- (slang) Anything impressively large; a whopper.
- (informal) A wild goose.
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
- nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
- (slang, especially US, usually in the plural) A woman's breast.
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
- A person who hoots.
- An owl.
- The horn in a motor vehicle.
- (British) A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning or the end of a working day or shift.
- (slang) A penis.
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- The part of an earbud that accommodates eartips.
- The nose of an animal; muzzle.
- A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- (dialectal or slang, chiefly derogatory) A nose or snout.
- a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- (informal) An elitist or snobbish person.
- A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.
- (Internet slang, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek").
- (theater, photography) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.
verb
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- (derogatory) A person's nose.
- beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
- a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
- The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
- The terminus of a glacier.
- (British, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
- (slang) A police informer.
- A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
- The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
verb
noun
verb
- hit, especially on the head
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- come to a stop
- (colloquial, often with out) To become unconscious.
- (slang) To hit, especially on the head.
- (colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down.
noun
verb
noun
- (slang) A person's nose.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- (horse racing, gambling) The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (Australia, chiefly Northern Territory, New Zealand) A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
verb
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- handle effectively
- interact in a certain way
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- show and train
prefix
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- The sense of smell.
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- a small distance
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
prep_phrase
verb
- (slang) To pick one's nose.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
- (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
- (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
- (by extension, figurative) To tap into.
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- get from the earth by excavation
- lay mines
noun
- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
- (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
- (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- Alternative form of mien.
- excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
pron
noun
- (UK colloquial, by extension of the sense ‘beak’) A nose.
- (UK colloquial, by extension, from the expression ‘keep one's pecker up’) Spirits, nerve, courage.
- (telegraphy, historical) A kind of V-shaped telegraphic relay.
- (uncommon or regional) Any tool used in a pecking fashion, particularly kinds of hoes or pickaxes.
- (US) Clipping of peckerhead (“an electric motor's junction or terminal connection box, where power cords are connected to the winding leads”).
- (chiefly US, regional, slang) A penis; cock, dick.
- (chiefly in the plural, derogatory slang) Short for peckerhead ("dickhead; an aggressive or objectionable idiot").
- (zoology, usually colloquial or US regional) Clipping of woodpecker (Picidae).
- (zoology) A bird, particularly a member of the group including the woodpeckers, flowerpeckers, oxpeckers, and berrypeckers.
- (uncommon) Any machine or machine part moving in a pecking fashion, particularly:
- Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly:
- (chiefly in the plural, derogatory slang) Short for peckerwood ("whitey; white trash")
- (US regional, historical) Clipping of pecker mill, a rice mill.
- (UK regional) A bird's beak.
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- obscene terms for penis
- bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
noun
- (informal, mildly humorous) A large or lengthy human nose.
- The trunk of an elephant.
- (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
- (entomology, malacology) The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
- the human nose (especially when it is large)
- a long flexible snout as of an elephant
noun
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
- a beaklike, tapering tip on certain plant structures
- (uncountable, Southern England) Cocaine.
- (nautical) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, used as a ram to pierce the vessel of an enemy.
- (botany) Any process somewhat like the beak of a bird, terminating the fruit or other parts of a plant.
- A similar pointed structure forming the nose and mouth of various animals, such as turtles, platypuses, whales, etc.
- The prolongation of certain univalve shells containing the canal.
- (farriery) A toe clip.
- The upper or projecting part of the shell, near the hinge of a bivalve.
- (slang, British) A justice of the peace; a magistrate.
- (especially MTE) A person's mouth.
- (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Libythea, notable for the beak-like elongation on their heads.
- Anything projecting or ending in a point like a beak, such as a promontory of land.
- (architecture) A continuous slight projection ending in an arris or narrow fillet; that part of a drip from which the water is thrown off.
- A rigid structure projecting from the front of a bird's face, used for pecking, grooming, foraging, carrying items, eating food, etc.
- (nautical) That part of a ship, before the forecastle, which is fastened to the stem, and supported by the main knee.
- The long projecting sucking mouth of some insects and other invertebrates, as in the Hemiptera.
- (slang, British public schools) A schoolmaster (originally, at Eton).
- A person's nose, especially one that is large and pointed.
verb
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- (informal) A large nose.
- common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
- a driver who causes their car's horn to make a loud honking sound
- (slang) The telephone.
- (slang) A loud burst of flatulence.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
- One who honks.
- (slang) Anything impressively large; a whopper.
- (informal) A wild goose.
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
- nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
- a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
- (slang, especially US, usually in the plural) A woman's breast.
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
- A person who hoots.
- An owl.
- The horn in a motor vehicle.
- (British) A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning or the end of a working day or shift.
- (slang) A penis.
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- The part of an earbud that accommodates eartips.
- The nose of an animal; muzzle.
- A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- A short outlet or inlet pipe projecting from the end or side of a hollow vessel, as a steam-engine cylinder or a steam boiler.
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- (dialectal or slang, chiefly derogatory) A nose or snout.
- a person regarded as arrogant and annoying
- (informal) An elitist or snobbish person.
- A language pedant or snob; one who practices linguistic elitism.
- (Internet slang, childish, humorous) Snout; especially of a dog ("doggo"), cat ("catto"), or snake ("snek").
- (theater, photography) A cylindrical or conical attachment used on a spotlight to restrict spill light.
verb
noun
- informal terms for the nose
- (derogatory) A person's nose.
- beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils
- a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose
- The front of the prow of a ship or boat.
- The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc.
- The terminus of a glacier.
- (British, slang) Tobacco; cigarettes.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum.
- The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum.
- (slang) A police informer.
- A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads.
- The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs.
verb
noun
verb
- hit, especially on the head
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- come to a stop
- (colloquial, often with out) To become unconscious.
- (slang) To hit, especially on the head.
- (colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down.
noun
verb
noun
- (slang) A person's nose.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- (horse racing, gambling) The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (Australia, chiefly Northern Territory, New Zealand) A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
verb
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- handle effectively
- interact in a certain way
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- show and train
noun
- (UK colloquial, by extension of the sense ‘beak’) A nose.
- (UK colloquial, by extension, from the expression ‘keep one's pecker up’) Spirits, nerve, courage.
- (telegraphy, historical) A kind of V-shaped telegraphic relay.
- (uncommon or regional) Any tool used in a pecking fashion, particularly kinds of hoes or pickaxes.
- (US) Clipping of peckerhead (“an electric motor's junction or terminal connection box, where power cords are connected to the winding leads”).
- (chiefly US, regional, slang) A penis; cock, dick.
- (chiefly in the plural, derogatory slang) Short for peckerhead ("dickhead; an aggressive or objectionable idiot").
- (zoology, usually colloquial or US regional) Clipping of woodpecker (Picidae).
- (zoology) A bird, particularly a member of the group including the woodpeckers, flowerpeckers, oxpeckers, and berrypeckers.
- (uncommon) Any machine or machine part moving in a pecking fashion, particularly:
- Someone who or something that pecks, striking or piercing in the manner of a bird's beak or bill, particularly:
- (chiefly in the plural, derogatory slang) Short for peckerwood ("whitey; white trash")
- (US regional, historical) Clipping of pecker mill, a rice mill.
- (UK regional) A bird's beak.
- horny projecting mouth of a bird
- obscene terms for penis
- bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects
noun
- (informal, mildly humorous) A large or lengthy human nose.
- The trunk of an elephant.
- (anatomy) An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal.
- (entomology, malacology) The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs.
- the human nose (especially when it is large)
- a long flexible snout as of an elephant
verb
- (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
- (intransitive, idiomatic, also followed by around or about, in which case, ambitransitive) To snoop.
- (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
- (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
- (intransitive, aviation, nautical) To travel with the nose of the plane/ship aimed in a particular direction.
- (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
- (intransitive, aviation) To dive down in a steep angle; to nosedive
- (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.
- (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
- (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
- defeat by a narrow margin
- push or move with the nose
- catch the scent of; get wind of
- rub noses
- advance the forward part of with caution
- search or inquire in a meddlesome way
noun
- (idiomatic) Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
- The tip of an object.
- (idiomatic, also followed by around or about) The action of nosing, in the sense to snoop
- (architecture) A downward projection from a cornice.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish of a race, or any very close race.
- The bulge on the side of a piece of a jigsaw puzzle, that fits into the hole of its adjacent piece.
- (perfumery) A perfumer.
- A snout, the nose of an animal.
- A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
- (by extension) Skill at finding information.
- The skill in recognising bouquet.
- (slang) An informer.
- The sense of smell.
- a symbol of inquisitiveness
- a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
- the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
- the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- a natural skill
- a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- a small distance
- the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
verb
- (slang) To pick one's nose.
- (ambitransitive) To remove (rock or ore) from the ground.
- (by extension, figurative) To ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means.
- To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine.
- (transitive) To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
- To dig into, for ore or metal.
- (intransitive) To dig a tunnel or hole; to burrow in the earth.
- (cryptocurrencies) To earn new units of cryptocurrency by doing certain calculations.
- (by extension, figurative) To tap into.
- (transitive) To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).
- get from the earth by excavation
- lay mines
noun
- An excavation from which ore or solid minerals are taken, especially one consisting of underground tunnels.
- (military) A device intended to explode when stepped upon or touched, or when approached by a ship, vehicle, or person.
- (entomology) The cavity made by a caterpillar while feeding inside a leaf.
- (figurative) Any source of wealth or resources.
- (computing) A machine or network of machines used to extract units of a cryptocurrency.
- (pyrotechnics) A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.
- (military) A passage dug toward or underneath enemy lines, which is then packed with explosives.
- Alternative form of mien.
- excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
- explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel