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SNOOK
snook
(noun) large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
snook (plural snooks)
A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
Centropomus undecimalis, the common snook.
Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
Verb
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
To fish for snook.
Etymology 2
Noun
snook (plural snooks)
(UK, pejorative, as a gesture) A disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth.
Verb
snook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)
(obsolete) To sniff out.
(obsolete) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
Anagrams
• Konos, nooks
Proper noun
Snook (plural Snooks)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Snook is the 4926th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7141 individuals. Snook is most common among White (95.13%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Konos, nooks
Source: Wiktionary
Snook, v. i. Etym: [Prov. E. snook to search out, to follow by the scent; cf. Sw. snoka to lurk, LG. snöggen, snuckern, snökern, to snuffle, to smell about, to search for.]
Definition: To lurk; to lie in ambush. [Obs.]
Snook, n. Etym: [D. snoek.] (Zoöl.) (a) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo. (b) The cobia. (c) The garfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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