"cock a snook" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cocks a snook [present, singular, third-person], cocking a snook [participle, present], cocked a snook [participle, past], cocked a snook [past]
Head templates: {{en-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)
  1. (UK, idiomatic, derogatory) To perform a snook, a gesture of disrespect. Tags: UK, derogatory, idiomatic Synonyms (perform the gesture): take a sight, thumb one's nose
    Sense id: en-cock_a_snook-en-verb--22Dimqq Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of 'perform the gesture': 96 4
  2. (figurative, by extension) To flout or show disrespect to. Tags: broadly, figuratively
    Sense id: en-cock_a_snook-en-verb-al1l5t4L

Inflected forms

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