cocking a snook (at)
phrase
variants also cocking snooks (at)
as in mocking
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
- mocking
- shooting down
- ragging on
- poking fun at
- laughing (at)
- making fun of
- making sport of
- scouting
- ridiculing
- jeering
- gibing
- jibing
- deriding
- teasing
- skewering
- sneering (at)
- scoffing (at)
- targeting
- putting down
- ribbing
- kidding
- decrying
- scorning
- riding
- taunting
- disparaging
- belittling
- razzing
- taking off (on)
- tormenting
- harassing
- travestying
- pestering
- baiting
- tweaking
- quizzing
- rallying
- parodying
- jiving
- heckling
- burlesquing
- parroting
- twitting
- chaffing
- poohing
- ragging
- bugging
- satirizing
- aping
- pillorying
- catcalling
- lampooning
- caricaturing
- pooh-poohing
- bad-mouthing
- hassling
- joshing
- mimicking
- imitating
- needling
- harrying
- barracking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- endorsing
- approving
- sanctioning
- applauding
- commending
- indorsing