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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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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Bigger fish — jacks, snook — were swimming in spirals or upside down in the shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
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
So we were really amped to know that Dad would soon be back in his skiff, guiding for bonefish and tarpon and snook.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
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
Dampier, `Voyage,' vol. i: "The chiefest fish are bonetas, snooks, cavallys."
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
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
"Maybe you an' I'll go snooks," proposed Jimmy.
From The Newsboy Partners Or Who Was Dick Box? by Webster, Frank V.
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