SNOOK

snook

(noun) large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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 4926^th 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

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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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