[snook, snoo
k] 
) snook, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) snooks. | 1. | any basslike fish of the genus Centropomus, esp. C. undecimalis, inhabiting waters off Florida and the West Indies and south to Brazil, valued as food and game. |
| 2. | any of several related marine fishes. |
[snook, snook] | 1. | a gesture of defiance, disrespect, or derision. |
| 2. | cock a snook or cock one's snook, to thumb the nose: a painter who cocks a snook at traditional techniques. |
| snook 1 (snŏŏk, snōōk) n. pl. snook or snooks Any of several chiefly marine percoid fishes of the family Centropomidae, especially Centropomus undecimalis, a food and game fish of warm Atlantic waters. Also called sergeant fish. [Dutch snoek, pike, from Middle Dutch snoec.] |
| snook 2 (snŏŏk, snōōk) n. A gesture of derision or defiance. [Origin unknown.] |