snub-nosed
adjective
1
: having a stubby and usually slightly turned-up nose
2
: having a very short barrel
a snub-nosed revolver
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The original AeroPress is like a giant snub-nosed syringe that makes delicious coffee.
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Joe Ray, WIRED, 19 July 2023
On that day 52 years ago, a 21-year-old dressed in red, white and blue pulled out a snub-nosed .38 caliber revolver and shot Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace Jr. at the Laurel Shopping Center.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
With snub-nosed styling that changed little from the 1930s right through to the 1980s, this little delivery truck has toon-town charm in spades.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
The team on this study recorded a society of about 400 individuals and breeding between individuals from different harems was common in golden snub-nosed monkeys.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
Now, the diminutive snub-nosed SUV is headed to the scrap heap.
—Mike Colias, wsj.com, 30 Apr. 2023
Laila is standing in a voluminous white Simone Rocha skirt and snub-nosed Gucci slides at an induction burner making studio lunch.
—Tamar Adler, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
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Joe Ray, WIRED, 19 July 2023
On that day 52 years ago, a 21-year-old dressed in red, white and blue pulled out a snub-nosed .38 caliber revolver and shot Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace Jr. at the Laurel Shopping Center.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 14 July 2024
With snub-nosed styling that changed little from the 1930s right through to the 1980s, this little delivery truck has toon-town charm in spades.
—Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 15 June 2023
The team on this study recorded a society of about 400 individuals and breeding between individuals from different harems was common in golden snub-nosed monkeys.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 June 2023
Now, the diminutive snub-nosed SUV is headed to the scrap heap.
—Mike Colias, wsj.com, 30 Apr. 2023
Laila is standing in a voluminous white Simone Rocha skirt and snub-nosed Gucci slides at an induction burner making studio lunch.
—Tamar Adler, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2023
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“Snub-nosed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snub-nosed. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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