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cocked a snook

cocked a snook is the simple past and past participle of cock a snook.

Meaning of cock a snook

Verb

cock a snook (third-person singular simple present cocks a snook, present participle cocking a snook, simple past and past participle cocked a snook)

  1. (UK, derogatory, idiomatic) To perform a snook, a gesture of disrespect.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To flout or show disrespect to.
    • to cock a snook at authority

Questions about cocked a snook

What is cocked a snook the simple past and past participle of?
Cocked a snook is the simple past and past participle of cock a snook.

Words near cocked a snook in the dictionary

  1. cockcrows
  2. cocke
  3. Cocke County
  4. cocked
  5. cocked a deaf 'un
  6. cocked a snook
  7. cocked hat
  8. Cocked Hat Club
  9. cocked hat curve
  10. cocked hat curves
  11. cocked hat double

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