snook Idiom, Proverb
cock a snook
to openly show contempt or disrespect. From the action of placing one's hand infront of the face with thumb touching the nose and fingers spread and extended, used to express contempt.
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cock a /snoot Chiefly British
To thumb one's nose: “[The clock] is set wrong and hung crooked, as if to cock a snook at the importance of time” (Kevin Crossley-Holland).
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