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Similar words: close up · louse up · nose out · bone up · come up · ease up · hoe up · hole up · move up · poke up
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nose up

1 (v + adv) rub with the nose INTRANSITIVEthe horse nosed up to her chuimil an capall a shrón di, bhí an capall ag sróinínteacht uirthi 2 tilt skyward INTRANSITIVEan soc a chur in airde → see nose

Phrases and Examples in other entries

  • block up »
    my nose was all blocked up bhí mo shrón plúchta
  • nose »
    to get up sb's nose (also to get right up sb's nose) informal olc a chur ar dhuine, corraí a chur ar dhuine, cur as do dhuinethat gets right up his nose cuireann sé sin olc an diabhail air, cuireann sé sin soir é
  • nose »
    to turn your nose up at sth cor a chur i do shrón chuig rud, geanc a chur ort féin le rud
  • stuck »
    their son got a sweet stuck up his nose ghreamaigh a mac milseán thuas ina shrón
  • stuffed-up »
    a stuffed-up nose srón phlúchta
  • turn up »
    his nose turned up at the end bhí srón chaincíneach air
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