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cocks a snook

cocks a snook is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 cocks a snook

What is cocks a snook the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cocks a snook is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cock a snook.

Words near cocks a snook in the dictionary

  1. cockroot
  2. Cockrum
  3. Cockrums
  4. cocks
  5. cocks a deaf 'un
  6. cocks a snook
  7. cocks in frocks
  8. cocks in the henhouse
  9. cocks it over
  10. cocks of the plains
  11. cocks of the roost

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