noser

English

Etymology

nose +‎ -er

Noun

noser (plural nosers)

(rare) A nosy person.
(British, slang) An indulgence in nosiness or other curiosity.
You got your grade back already? Let's have a noser!
(slang) A punch to the nose.
- 1851, Harper's Magazine, volume 2, page 645:
  […] the blow was veritably a noser

See also

brown-noser

Anagrams

Ensor, Neros, Norse, Roens, Rones, Rosen, neros, oners, renos, rosen, senor, seron, señor, snore

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

noser m or f

indefinite plural of nos

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