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snook (sno̵ok)

noun pl. snook or snooks

any of a family (Centropomidae) of percoid fishes of warm seas; esp., a large game and food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) of the tropical Atlantic

Etymology: Du snoek, pike < MDu snoec, akin to ON snokr, small shark & OE snacc, small vessel

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snook (sno̵ok)

noun

Chiefly Brit. the gesture of thumbing one's nose in defiance or derision: chiefly in cock a snook at to indicate contempt for by this gesture

Etymology: < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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