[syn: beak, honker, hooter, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Nozzle \Noz"zle\, n. [A dim. of nose. [root]261.] [Written also
nosle.]
1. The nose; the snout; hence, the projecting vent of
anything; as, the nozzle of a bellows.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically:
(a) A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a
hose or pipe.
(b) 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
nozzle
n 1: a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged [syn:
nozzle, nose]
2: informal terms for the nose [syn: beak, honker, hooter,
nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz]