snook
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Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
snook (plural snooks)
- A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
- Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
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fish
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Verb[edit]
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
- To fish for snook.
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Etymology 2[edit]
From the 19th century. Unknown origin, possibly related to snoot or snout.
Noun[edit]
snook (plural snooks)
- (UK, derogatory, 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.
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Translations[edit]
gesture
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Verb[edit]
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
References[edit]
- Michael Quinion (2004) “Snook”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
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