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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
2. 2
   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. UK, derogatory
3. 3
   large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike wordnet
4. 4
   A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.; Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).
5. 5
   Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.

Verb

1. 1
   To fish for snook.
2. 2
   To sniff out. obsolete
3. 3
   To lurk; to lie in ambush. obsolete

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

busybodyfishmousenosepokepry

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”).

Etymology 2

From the 19th century. Unknown origin, possibly related to snoot or snout.

Related phrases

bay snookcock a snookcocking of a snookcommon snooksnook-cockersnook-cockingcommon snook

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.