snook

English - Turkish

Definition of snook in English Turkish dictionary: nanik; {i} zargana benzeri bir balık
cock a snook: (deyim) nanik yapmak
cock one's snook: (deyim) nanik yapmak
cock a snook at: (isim)nik yapmak
cock a snook at: nanik yapmak

English - English

Definition of snook in English English dictionary: A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes; To fish for snook; 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; A name for various other fishes; To sniff out; The garfish; {i} any of several species of food fish that resemble the pike (native to the waters near Florida and the West Indies); gesture of derision, scornful gesture; A disrespectful gesture; If you cock a snook at someone in authority or at an organization, you do something that they cannot punish you for, but which insults them or expresses your contempt. Tories cocked a snook at their prime minister over this legislation. (5). Any of about eight species (genus Centropomus) of tropical marine fishes that are long and silvery and have two dorsal fins, a long head, and a large mouth with a projecting lower jaw. They are found along the North and South American Atlantic and Pacific coasts, often in estuaries and among mangroves and sometimes in fresh water. They range from 1.5 to 5 ft (0.5-1.5 m) long and are valued for food and sport; To lurk; to lie in ambush; A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; called also ravallia, and robalo; The cobia; large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike
cock a snook: To perform a snook, a gesture of disrespect
cocking of a snook: A disrespectful gesture; a snook
cock a snook at: thumb one's nose at, make a scornful gesture at another
snooks: plural of snook