Snook Definition

sno͝ok, sno͝ok
snooks
noun
Any of a family (Centropomidae) of percoid fishes of warm seas; esp., a large game and food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) of the tropical Atlantic.
Webster's New World
A gesture of derision or defiance.
American Heritage

Used only in the phrase cock a snook, thumb one's nose (see phrase at thumb.

Webster's New World
Any of various other fishes. See Snook on Wikipedia..
Wiktionary
verb
To fish for snook.
Wiktionary
(obsolete) To sniff out.
Wiktionary
(obsolete) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
Wiktionary
idiom
cock a snook
  • To thumb one's nose:
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Snook

Noun

Singular:
snook
Plural:
snooks

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Snook

  • cock a snook

Origin of Snook

  • From the 19th century. Unknown origin, possibly related to snoot or snout.

    From Wiktionary

  • Dutch snoek pike from Middle Dutch snoec

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox")

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Snook Sentence Examples

  • Snook, Colorado History and Government (Denver, 1904), is a reliable school epitome.

  • The next morning, after another dawn start on Zaza, I caught a snook at long last.

  • Meat was scarce, so we had whale meat and something called snook.

  • The international Stop Esso campaign has cocked a snook at French courts.

  • That 's exactly what we were I think trying to do I love cocking a snook at authority.

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Words Starting With

SSNSNO

Words Ending With

KOKOOK

Unscrambles

snook

Words Starting With S and Ending With K

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