snook
1 Americannoun
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any basslike fish of the genus Centropomus, especially C. undecimalis, inhabiting waters off Florida and the West Indies and south to Brazil, valued as food and game.
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any of several related marine fishes.
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idioms
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noun
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any of several large game fishes of the genus Centropomus, esp C. undecimalis of tropical American marine and fresh waters: family Centropomidae (robalos)
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the sea pike Australuzza novaehollandiae
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of snook1
First recorded in 1690–1700, snook is from the Dutch word snoek
Origin of snook2
First recorded in 1875–80; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Setting out into the Gulf of Mexico in threes and fours, fishermen returned with buckets of tarpon and long, streaked snook.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2023
From Indigenous fisheries to commercial operations, snook have been celebrated as a high-quality river fish since the time of Mayan rule, making river fisheries in Mexico important for food, Pease said.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
Fish vary in their omega-3 levels and generally the fishier they taste the more omega-3 fats they have — such as tuna, salmon, deep sea perch, trevally, mackeral and snook.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2023
It was as if they were cocking a snook at the new president.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2022
Among the dead were mullets, snook, moj arras, gambusia.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
In times yet to come, British football administrators would infamously cock their haughty snooks at the World Cup, the European Cup, and the European Championship.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2012
Last week, although nothing so serious was in sight, Great Britain cocked two more snooks across the Atlantic.
From Time Magazine Archive
I wanted Charlie to go snooks with me, but he hasn’t got time.
From Stepsons of Light by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
Their chief fish are bonitos, snooks, cavallies, breams, and mullets; and they have abundance of sea-tortoises; and the island has many harbours, creeks, and rivers.
The last I saw of him he was sailing off quite comfortable, cocking snooks at the whole lot.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 29, 1892 by Various
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