Snook vs Snoof - What's the difference?

As a noun snook

is a freshwater and marine fish of the family centropomidae in the order perciformes, especially or snook can be (uk|pejorative|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.

As a verb snook

is to fish for snook or snook can be (obsolete) to sniff out.

As an adjective snoof is

having lost the sense of smell.

snook

English

(wikipedia snook)

Alternative forms

* snoek

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)

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

# , the common snook.

Any of various other fishes. See (pedialite).

Verb

(en verb)

To fish for snook.

Derived terms

* bay snook * common snook

Etymology 2

From the 19th century. origin, possibly related to (snoot) or (snout). (rfphoto)

Noun

(en noun)

(UK, pejorative, 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.

Derived terms

* cock a snook * cocking of a snook * snook-cocker * snook-cocking

Verb

(en verb)

(obsolete) To sniff out.

(obsolete) To lurk; to lie in ambush.

References

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snoof

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having lost the sense of smell.

* 1955. John Galsworthy. A Modern Comedy. C. Scribner's sons, p. 799:

Luckily, they're all `snoof.`'''" "What?" said Michael ... One says 'deaf,' 'blind,' 'dumb'—why not '''`snoof` ?"

* 1966. By Monroe C. Beardsley. Thinking Straight; Principles of Reasoning for Readers and Writers. By Monroe C. Beardsley. Prentice-Hall, p. 292:

And the word "snoof " has been brought forth (by an analogy with "deaf") to describe someone who is devoid of, or deficient in, the sense of smell.

* 1994. Diana Starr Cooper. Night After Night. Island Press, p. 127:

My mother-in-law, Louise Field Cooper, used the word snoof''' to convey some of this meaning, as in “he has such a bad cold he's gone totally '''snoof .

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