- cock snooks
- phrasal see cock a snook
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cock snooks
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cock snooks — phrasal see cock a snook … Useful english dictionary
cock a snook — phrasal or cock snooks also cock a snoot : to thumb the nose an unmannerly upstart cocking snooks at venerable men Adrian Bell in the Highlands where they traditionally cock a snoot at rationing laws John Calder * * * … Useful english dictionary
cock a snook — also cock snooks phrasal to thumb one s nose < cocking a snook at the establishment > … New Collegiate Dictionary
snook — snook1 /snoohk, snook/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) snook, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) snooks. 1. any basslike fish of the genus Centropomus, esp. C. undecimalis, inhabiting waters off Florida and the West Indies and south to … Universalium
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snook — I. /snuk/ (say snoohk) noun 1. a gesture of defiance or cheekiness, made by putting the thumb to the nose. –phrase 2. cock a snook, to make such a defiant gesture. {Phrase Origin: from cock meaning to stand out stiffly, with reference to the hand …
snook — I [[t]snuk, snʊk[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively)snook, (esp. for kinds or species)snooks. ich any of various warm water marine fishes of the family Centropomidae, esp. Centropomus undecimalis, of the Atlantic • Etymology: 1690–1700; < D snoek… … From formal English to slang
snook — snook1 [snook] n. pl. snook or snooks [Du snoek, pike < MDu snoec, akin to ON snokr, small shark & OE snacc, small vessel] any of a family (Centropomidae) of percoid fishes of warm seas; esp., a large game and food fish (Centropomus… … English World dictionary
