snook

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/snuːk/

noun

A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.

OriginDutch snoek →
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Meanings

snook1

nounsnook (plural snooks)

plural snooks · alternative snoek

  1. A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
    1. Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).
  2. Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
verbsnook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)

present singular third person snooks · participle present snooking · participle past snooked · past snooked · alternative snoek

  1. To fish for snook.

snook2

nounsnook (plural snooks)

plural snooks · alternative snoek

  1. UKderogatoryA 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.
verbsnook (third-person singular simple present snooks, present participle snooking, simple past and past participle snooked)

present singular third person snooks · participle present snooking · participle past snooked · past snooked · alternative snoek

  1. obsoleteTo sniff out.
  2. obsoleteTo lurk; to lie in ambush.

Snook3

proper nounSnook (plural Snooks)

plural Snooks

  1. A surname.

Origin

snook · noun, verb

  1. Dutchsnoek“pike, Esox”
  2. Englishsnook

From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”). Doublet of snoek; perhaps more distantly related to snake.

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snook · noun, verb

From the 19th century. Uncertain origin, but probably a variant of snoke. Compare also sneck (“nose”). These words are partly sound-symbolic, given the similarity to snoot, snout, sniff, sneeze etc.

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Translations

Czech robalo, dlouhý nos
  • robalofish
  • dlouhý nosgesture

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with snook

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

snook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snook

MLA

“snook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snook. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “snook,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snook.

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