snook
noun
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.
snooks
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pluralof snook.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
"As though you know," he said, "some dirty little boy had been pullin' snooks at him."
From The Secret City by Sir Hugh Walpole
What about halting, and cocking snooks at El Vivillo?”
From The Car of Destiny by Armand Both
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.
