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Raresnook
The correct spelling is snook.
How to pronounce snook
/snuːk/
nounIPA: /snuːk/
Say it like: Snoo-k
The correct spelling is snook. A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes.
- 2.Any of various other ray-finned fishes in several families.
- 3.(as a gesture) 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.
verb
- 1.To fish for snook.
- 2.To sniff out.
- 3.To lurk; to lie in ambush.
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