snook
IPA: snˈʊk
noun
- 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.
- (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.
- A surname.
verb
- To fish for snook.
- (obsolete) To sniff out.
- (obsolete) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
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Examples of "snook" in Sentences
- The main character is Snook the sloth.
- Sorry, somebody snook that one in on me.
- Olive Snook came to Coeur d'Coeurs on a wing and a prayer.
- Snook was a professional instructor in a dangerous activity.
- Among the native are eels, tarpon, snook and mackerel bigeye.
- For this deployment the Snook earned the Navy Unit Commendation.
- In other words, Snook thought that AE was a bit of a dilettante.
- Snook was ordered to search the area and to acknowledge the order.
- There are many marine resources such as snook, turtles and shrimp.
- He snook out of camp for three days and snook into PantherClan territory.
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