cocked a snook (at)
phrase
variants also cocked snooks (at)
as in mocked
to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter Players on the winning side couldn't resist cocking a snook at the highly-touted opposing team's pitiful performance. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- mocked
- poked fun at
- ridiculed
- shot down
- ragged on
- laughed (at)
- scouted
- derided
- teased
- jeered
- skewered
- jibed
- gibed
- made sport of
- made fun of
- targeted
- ribbed
- rid
- scorned
- sneered (at)
- pestered
- tormented
- ragged
- harassed
- rallied
- rode
- tweaked
- put down
- taunted
- belittled
- decried
- parodied
- burlesqued
- baited
- quizzed
- twitted
- razzed
- disparaged
- pilloried
- caricatured
- lampooned
- parroted
- jived
- satirized
- travestied
- kidded
- needled
- bugged
- hassled
- harried
- imitated
- aped
- scoffed (at)
- mimicked
- chaffed
- catcalled
- poohed
- heckled
- joshed
- bad-mouthed
- barracked
- pooh-poohed
- took off (on)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- approved
- endorsed
- sanctioned
- commended
- indorsed
- applauded