cock a snook

(British old-fashioned)

to show that you do not respect something or someone by doing something that insults them (usually + at ) In the end he refused to accept his award, cocking a snook at the film industry for which he had such contempt.

cock a snook

Thumb one's nose, as in As soon as the teacher turned her back, the boys cocked a snook at her. This expression was first recorded in 1791 and the precise source of snook, here used in the sense of "a derisive gesture," has been lost. It is more widely used in Britain but is not unknown in America.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Laurentin	-	French
Parth	-	Indian, Gujarati, Marathi, Hindi
Alajos	-	Hungarian
Jayadeva	-	Sanskrit
Flemming	FLEM-ming	Danish
Syntyche	SIN-tə-kee (English)	Biblical, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek