snook¹ /snook/

Any of several marine fishes, including the cobia, robalo, garfish, or (in S Africa and now elsewhere also snoek /snook/) the barracouta (Thyrsites atun)

snook² /snŭk or snook/

The gesture of putting the thumb to the nose with the fingers held upright and spread out, to express derision, defiance, etc (also snooks)

cock a snook

To make that gesture (also figurative)

snook³ /snook/, snoke /snōk/ or (Scot) snowk /snowk/

1. To snuff or smell about
2. To lurk, prowl or sneak about

• rear its ugly head
• rear lamp
• rear lamps
• rear light
• rear lights
• rearly
• rearm
• rearmament
• rearmaments
• rearmed
• rearmice
• rearming
• rearmost
• rearmouse
• rearms
• rearose
• rearousal
• rearousals
• rearouse
• rearoused
• rearouses
• rearousing
• rearrange
• rearranged
• rearrangement