I. ˈsnük intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English snoken, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian & Swedish snoka to sniff around, obsolete Danish snoge, Old Norse snaka — more at snatch
1. dialect : to pry about especially while sniffing and smelling
2. dialect : sneak
II. ˈsnük, ˈsnu̇k noun
( plural snook or snooks )
Etymology: Dutch snoek pike, snook, from Middle Dutch snoec pike
1.
a. : a large vigorous marine percoid sport and food fish ( Centropomus undecimalis ) resembling a pike and widely distributed in warm seas — called also robalo, sergeant fish
b. : any of various other fishes of the family Centropomidae
2.
[Afrikaans snoek, from Dutch, pike]
: snoek
3. : cobia
4. : any of several needlefishes
5. Ausral : a barracuda ( Sphyraena novae-hollandiae )
III.
dialect
past of sneak
IV. ˈsnu̇k, ˈsnük noun
( -s )
Etymology: origin unknown
: a gesture of derision consisting of a thumbing of the nose — usually used in the phrase cock a snook
small boy … consoles himself by cocking a snook at the policeman's back — Joyce Cary