Australian English Meaning of cocking snooks (at)

give someone the bird

Other Australian English words related to give someone the bird

Definitions and Meaning of cocking snooks (at) in English

cocking snooks (at)

the crowing of a cock, a small pile (as of hay), tilt, slant, the adult male of a bird and especially the domestic chicken, the adult male of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus), to position the hammer (see hammer entry 1 sense 2b(2)) of a firearm for firing, to draw the hammer of (a firearm) back and set for firing, to set (a mechanism, such as a camera shutter) for tripping (see trip entry 1 sense transitive 3), to set or draw back in readiness for some action, to turn up (something, such as a hat brim), the cocked position of the hammer of a firearm, to turn, tip, or tilt usually to one side, to draw back the hammer of (a gun) in readiness for firing, tilt entry 2 sense 4, slant, to turn, tip, or stick up, to set (the trigger) for firing, a chief person, the male of birds other than the domestic chicken, to turn, tip, or tilt upward or to one side, the hammer in the lock of a firearm, to draw or bend back in preparation for throwing or hitting, woodcock, a device (as a faucet or valve) for controlling the flow of a liquid, strut, swagger, penis, to put (hay or something similar) into small piles, weathercock, a person of spirit and often of a certain swagger or arrogance, a device (such as a faucet or valve) for regulating the flow of a liquid, cockcrow, one that dominates a group or situation especially overbearingly, to thumb one's nose, the cocked position of the hammer, to set erect

FAQs About the word cocking snooks (at)

give someone the bird

the crowing of a cock, a small pile (as of hay), tilt, slant, the adult male of a bird and especially the domestic chicken, the adult male of the domestic chick

mocking,laughing (at),taking the mickey,Making fun of,Poking fun at,whinging about,deriding,Jibing,jeering,jibing

Approving,endorsing,sanctioning,applauding,endorsing,commending

cocking a snook (at) => Taking the piss out of, cockily => cockily, cocked snooks (at) => Give lip to (someone), cocked a snook (at) => give (someone) the raspberry, cockcrows => cockcrows,