Snook

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Snook or Snoek may refer to:

  • Several other unrelated fishes:
    • Bay snook, Petenia splendida.
    • Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus commerson.
    • Australian barracuda, Sphyraena novaehollandiae.
    • Southern sennet, Sphyraena picudilla.
    • Snook shark or Caribbean sharpnose shark, Rhizoprionodon porosus.

Snook may also refer to:

  • The city of Snook, Texas.
  • James H. Snook, convicted murderer, Olympic medalist, and inventor of the snook hook.
  • A fictional sloth and the main character in the children's television show It's a Big Big World.
  • Snook, a Canadian comedian.
  • Snook, a rap group based in Sweden.
  • Snook, a ska group based in Temple Terrace, Florida
  • A gesture of derision or defiance, as in the idiom, "cock a snook" meaning "thumb one's nose".
  • A small, private room of an old Irish pub, originally a place for women to drink and socialize during the time when this behavior would have been inappropriate.

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