SNOOKED

Verb

snooked

simple past tense and past participle of snook

Source: Wiktionary


SNOOK

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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