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cock a snook
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English
Verb
cock a snook (third-person singular simple present cocks a snook, present participle cocking a snook, simple past and past participle cocked a snook)
- (UK, idiomatic, derogatory) To perform a snook, a gesture of disrespect.
- (figurative, by extension) To flout or show disrespect to.
- to cock a snook at authority
Synonyms
- (perform the gesture): take a sight, thumb one's nose
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