snook

• POS: Noun

CIDE DICTIONARY

snook, v. i. [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.].

 To lurk; to lie in ambush.  [1913 Webster]

snook, n. [D. snoek.].

 A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

snook, n. sl. a contemptuous gesture with the thumb to the nose and the fingers spread out.

Idiom

cock a snook (often foll. by at)
1 make this gesture.
2 register one's contempt (for a person, establishment, etc.).

snook, n. a marine fish, Centropomus undecimalis, used as food.

Etymology

Du. snoek: see SNOEK