Meaning

3 senses

  1. An aquiline nose.

    a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge

  2. Someone with such a nose; stereotypically a Jew. See Jewish nose.

  3. A fish, the armed bullhead (Agonus cataphractus).

Origin

From hook + nose.

From hook + nose.

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Forms

plural: hooknoses
Singularhooknose
Pluralhooknoses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge:Roman nose

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hookB2hookahhookerhookuphookyhooligan
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