Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A projecting part with an opening, as at the end of a hose, for regulating and directing a flow of fluid.
- n. Slang The human nose.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- n. A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of anything.
- n. A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
- n. 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
- n. informal terms for the nose
Etymologies
- From earlier nosle, equivalent to nose + -le (diminutive/agent suffix). (Wiktionary)
- Middle English noselle, socket on a candlestick, diminutive of nose; see nose. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Then after making sure the nozzle is directed towards your favorite shirt, depress the nozzle and hold down while you close your eyes.”
“Oh, and that turd nozzle is fucking joking with that painting, right?”
“March 18th, 2010 at 2: 46 pm tombaker says: ol’ d-nozzle is still bangin’ away down here??? why ain’t he at work?”
“COBURN: You take a high pressure nozzle, which is included with our system and you use just plain water, hose it from top to bottom.”
“The nozzle should be a straight, tapered tube of some kind -- the nose of a large oil can will serve the purpose.”
“It is in the form of an air-fan, with a pointed nozzle, which is put just within the coop at night, when the birds are all within.”
“The diameters of the inlet and outlet nozzles are so nicely adjusted that, so long as both are at the same temperature, the outlet nozzle, which is open to the atmosphere, will pass all the air that the inlet nozzle can deliver without disturbing the pressure in the cistern,”
“Some forms of filter candle are made with the open end contracted into a delivery nozzle, which is glazed.”
“Last Wednesday, Klayman held a press conference outside the cartel's quarters where he waved a gas pump nozzle at OPEC calling the nozzle a "smoking gun" that ties OPEC to the current financial disaster in the US Their artificial run-up in oil prices earlier this year set the stage for the economic problems we're now having, he said.”
“-- This invention consists of an arrangement especially adapted for use with cans provided with an improved cut off nozzle, which is the subject of an application for a patent, made by the same inventor and bearing even date herewith, which said improvement comprises the application to the ordinary vertical nozzles of a lateral spout connected to the side, and arranged to open an escape passage for the contents when the said spout is turned with the right position, which position is that best adapted for pouring from the can into another vessel, and in which the said spout projects through a slot in the side of the packing case in closing it, the said case being provided with an opening and a door for closing the same adapted for it.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘nozzle’.
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CCle
all those wonderful Britsy words that end with a double consonant followed by 'le'
doddle, bobble, dibble, whiffle, waffle, diddle, piddle, jiggle, straggle, boggle, fiddle, skeedaddle and 125 more...
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Nose-shaped or Snout-shaped
Adjectives meaning nose-shaped or snout-shaped
nasute, nasiform, nariform, proboscidiform, probosciform, proboscic, proboscidal, proboscidate, proboscidial, proboscideous, nozzle
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The Nose Knows
Being Nosy.
nosethril, nostril, nebby, nasal, rhinoplasty, pug, button, Roman, turned-up, Pinocchio, Cyrano de Bergerac, Gonzo and 54 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Junk
walrus, fascination, broadway, fickle, downturn, bridge, gargle, rotunda, mesh, fab, shortlife, strumming and 304 more...
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fruityfed's Words
noodle, nook, nosegay, notch, noxious, nozzle, nuance, nub, nubile, null, numskull
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Words that make me laugh
... whether I like it or not
scrotum, bulbous, treat, snack, morsel, fanny, snout, beaver, spawn, nozzle, crisp
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Double Z
Words at least five letters long with zz in the middle.
fuzzy, nuzzle, fizzle, puzzle, sizzle, razzle, dazzle, guzzle, dizzy, grizzle, drizzle, muzzle and 5 more...
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That's Not a Banana
That's my nose!
nose, beak, bazooka, schnozz, honker, bugle, sneezer, old factory, schnozzola, proboscis, whiffer, trunk and 16 more...
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Double zee
fizzle, dazzle, gizzard, jazz, mozzarella, nozzle, puzzle, sizzle, buzz, dizzy, fizzy, fizz and 19 more...
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Zz....
Fuzzy! Fizzy! And lots of pizzazz!
puzzle, pizza, piazza, nuzzle, nozzle, swizzle, frizz, drizzle, dazzle, pizazz, sizzle, mizzenmast and 70 more...
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hugslife's Words
immure, torpid, sanguine, fagin, jejune, anomie, occult, motorik, chooglin, jeremiad, cryptozoology, plinth and 61 more...
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