snoke
verbEtymology From Middle English snoken, possibly from Old Norse *snoka, from Proto-Germanic *snukōną (“to snuff, snuffle, sniff out”), from the root *snuk-, of uncertain origin. Compare sneak and snoop for the sound symbolism.
1
Ambitransitive, Dialectal To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
2
Ambitransitive, Dialectal To sneak about; to spy on; to snoop.
3
Ambitransitive, Dialectal To snort contemptuously; to scorn, despise.
- Derived terms
- snook