snook.
A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
Meaning & usage
A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes. Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).
Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”). Doublet of snoek; perhaps more distantly related to snake.
To fish for snook.
Where this word comes from
From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”). Doublet of snoek; perhaps more distantly related to snake.
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.
Where this word comes from
From the 19th century. Uncertain origin, but probably a variant of snoke. Compare also sneck (“nose”). These words are partly sound-symbolic, given the similarity to snoot, snout, sniff, sneeze etc.
To sniff out.
To lurk; to lie in ambush.
Where this word comes from
From the 19th century. Uncertain origin, but probably a variant of snoke. Compare also sneck (“nose”). These words are partly sound-symbolic, given the similarity to snoot, snout, sniff, sneeze etc.
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