snook

snook¹ Definition

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

snook² Definition

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: < ?

snook Usage Examples

Converse of object

catch: The next morning, after another dawn start on Zaza, I caught a snook at long last.
call: Meat was scarce, so we had whale meat and something called snook.

Preposition: at

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

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