cocks a snook (at)
phrase
variants also cocks snooks (at)
as in mocks
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
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- mocks
- shoots down
- laughs (at)
- rags on
- scouts
- pokes fun at
- ridicules
- skewers
- makes fun of
- jeers
- gibes
- jibes
- derides
- makes sport of
- teases
- ribs
- targets
- kids
- parrots
- scoffs (at)
- sneers (at)
- quizzes
- scorns
- rags
- rides
- rallies
- bugs
- parodies
- needles
- caricatures
- baits
- torments
- taunts
- apes
- tweaks
- puts down
- razzes
- burlesques
- barracks
- pillories
- mimics
- lampoons
- decries
- belittles
- jives
- pesters
- disparages
- catcalls
- satirizes
- hassles
- travesties
- twits
- poohs
- bad-mouths
- harasses
- harries
- imitates
- chaffs
- heckles
- joshes
- pooh-poohs
- takes off (on)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sanctions
- endorses
- approves
- indorses
- commends
- applauds