snook
/snuːk/
snook noun: a freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
Noun (1)
snook (plural snooks)
- A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
- Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).
- Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
Verb (1)
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
- To fish for snook.
Noun (2)
snook (plural snooks)
- A disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth.
Verb (2)
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
Proper noun capitalized: Snook
Snook (plural Snooks)
- A surname.
snook meaning in Tamil
snook in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Forms of snook
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | snooks |
| alternative form | snoek |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | snooks |
| present participle | snooking |
| past participle | snooked |
| past | snooked |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Snooks |
Origin of snook
From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”). Doublet of snoek; perhaps more distantly related to snake.
From the 19th century. Uncertain origin, but probably a variant of snoke. Compare also sneck (“nose”). These words are partly sound-symbolic, given the similarity to snoot, snout, sniff, sneeze etc.
Words formed from snook
- bay snook
- common snook
- cock a snook
- cocking of a snook
- snook-cocker
- snook-cocking
Phrases with snook
Words that rhyme with snook
Questions about snook
- What does snook mean?
- Snook means a freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
- What is snook in Tamil?
- Snook in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Snook meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is snook?
- Snook can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce snook?
- Snook is pronounced /snuːk/.
- What is the plural of snook?
- The plural of snook is snooks.
Words near snook in the dictionary
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