snook

snook ¹  (snk, snk)

n. pl. snook or snooks

Any of several chiefly marine percoid fishes of the family Centropomidae, especially Centropomus undecimalis, a food and game fish of warm Atlantic waters. Also called sergeant fish.

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[Dutch snoek, pike, from Middle Dutch snoec.]

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snook ²  (snk, snk)

n.

A gesture of derision or defiance.

Idiom:

cock a snook/snoot Chiefly British

To thumb one's nose: "[The clock] is set wrong and hung crooked, as if to cock a snook at the importance of time" (Kevin Crossley-Holland).

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[Origin unknown.]

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snook¹

n pl snook, snooks

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of several large game fishes of the genus Centropomus, esp C. undecimalis of tropical American marine and fresh waters: family Centropomidae (robalos)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Austral the sea pike Australuzza novaehollandiae

[from Dutch snoek pike]

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snook²

n

Brit

cock a snook

a.  to make a rude gesture by putting one thumb to the nose with the fingers of the hand outstretched

b.  to show contempt by being insulting or offensive

[of obscure origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

snook - large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike Centropomidae, family Centropomidae - a family of fish or the order Perciformes including robalos robalo - a kind of percoid fish

Translations

snook [snuːk] N to cock a snook at sb (fig) → hacer un palmo de narices a algn, hacer burlas a algn

snook [snuːk] n (Brit) (fam) to cock a snook at sb → fare marameo a qn, prendere in giro qn