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.
- I snook up and saw it was my buck and he was dead.
- 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.
- The mural depicts a swordfish, a redfish, a grouper and a snook.
- 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.
- BoingBoing reader Edward translates, "The phrase 'cocking a snook' is brit for the five-fingered salute (thumb to nose, fingers waggling)."
- •Already, the FWC has received reports of the loss of large numbers of fish such as snook, bonefish and tarpon, species that are especially reliant on warm water.
- While the initial executive orders from the state caused some confusion with the wording, many people thought the entire season was closed for bonefish, tarpon and snook.
- The ninth frame saw Aditya contend with the referee that Sourav's attempted 'snook' hadn't really released the cue ball but the flash point soon subsided as Aditya later owned up to a foul that was spotted neither by the referee nor his opponent.