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snoke

snoke verb: to sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.

Verb

snoke (third-person singular simple present snokes, present participle snoking, simple past and past participle snoked)

  1. (ambitransitive, dialectal) To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
  2. (ambitransitive, dialectal) To sneak about; to spy on; to snoop.
  3. (ambitransitive, dialectal) To snort contemptuously; to scorn, despise.

Proper noun capitalized: Snoke

Snoke (plural Snokes)

  1. A surname.

Forms of snoke

Verb
third-person singular presentsnokes
present participlesnoking
past participlesnoked
pastsnoked
alternative formsnook
alternative formsnoak
alternative formsnouk
alternative formsnock
alternative form (obsolete)snooke
alternative form (obsolete)snooac
alternative form (obsolete)snouke
alternative form (obsolete)snowk
Proper noun
pluralSnokes

Origin of snoke

From Middle English snoken, possibly from Old Norse *snoka, from Proto-Germanic *snukōną (“to snuff, snuffle, sniff out”), from the root *snuk-, of uncertain origin. Compare sneak and snoop for the sound symbolism.

Words formed from snoke

Questions about snoke

What does snoke mean?
Snoke means to sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
What part of speech is snoke?
Snoke can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of snoke?
The past tense of snoke is snoked.

Words near snoke in the dictionary

  1. Snohomish County
  2. Snohomishes
  3. Snohr
  4. snoidal
  5. Snoj
  6. snoke
  7. snoked
  8. snokes
  9. snoking
  10. snollygoster
  11. snollygosters

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