snootful

[ snoot-fool ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural snoot·fuls.

1. a sufficient amount of liquor to cause intoxication.

Spelling Note

See -ful.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snootful¹

snoot + -ful

Example Sentences

The truth of the matter being that he is just a plain, ordinary poop and needs a snootful as badly as ever man did.

From Project Gutenberg

They're bringing a snootful of radiological hell, and that's the damned bayonet-line across the road.

From Project Gutenberg

The rocket launcher hadn't retracted; there was still a rocket in it—with a snootful of Uranium 235.

From Project Gutenberg