Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snook

/snuːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: snook
IPA: /snuːk/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

noun

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

noun

Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.

verb

To fish for snook.

noun

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.

British usage; Derogatory

verb

Obsolete

verb

To lurk; to lie in ambush.

Obsolete

name

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: snoek

Usage

Inflected Forms

snooks (plural) snoek (alternative) snooks (present, singular) snooking (participle, present) snooked (participle, past) snooked (past)

Phrases

bay snook common snook cock a snook cocking of a snook snook-cocker snook-cocking

Rhymes With

look took book cook hook shook brooke brook undertook crook cooke nook

Questions

How do you pronounce snook?: The recorded pronunciation is /snuːk/.
What does snook mean?: A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
Where does snook come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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