snook
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- enPR: sno͞ok, IPA(key): /snuːk/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uːk
Etymology 1
Noun
snook (plural snooks)
- A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes, especially
- Centropomus undecimalis, the common snook.
- Any of various other fishes. See
Verb
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
- To fish for snook.
Derived terms
- bay snook
- common snook
Etymology 2
From the 19th century. Unknown origin, possibly related to snoot or snout.
Noun
snook (plural snooks)
- (Britain, pejorative, as a gesture) A disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth.
Usually only one hand is used.
Derived terms
- cock a snook
- cocking of a snook
- snook-cocker
- snook-cocking
Verb
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
- (obsolete) To sniff out.
- (obsolete) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
References
- “Snook” in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.
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