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cock a snook

To regard someone or something with disrespect. Primarily heard in UK. Don't you cock a snook at my instructions—I'm your superior! If those brats will cock a snook at their own mother, do you really think they're going to listen to their teachers? You cannot cock a snook at the rules of the chemistry lab without also endangering the lives of everyone here.
See also: cock, snook

cock a snoot

To regard someone or something with disrespect. Primarily heard in UK. Don't you cock a snoot at my instructions—I'm your superior! If those brats will cock a snoot at their own mother, do you really think they're going to listen to their teachers? You cannot cock a snoot at the rules of the chemistry lab without also endangering the lives of everyone here.
See also: cock, snoot

have a snoot full

1. To have enough alcoholic beverages as to be intoxicated; to be drunk. Also written as "have a snootful." Primarily heard in US. The wine was free and the waiter kept filling my glass, so by the end of the evening, I'd had a snoot full! We all had a snoot full at the reception after the ceremony. Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he has a snoot full.
2. To have more than enough of something; to be fed up with something. Primarily heard in US. To be honest, I've had a snoot full of everyone telling me how to live my life. At this point, I've had a snoot full of all your complaining! The whole department has had a snoot full of our new manager and her arbitrary rules.
See also: full, have, snoot

snooted

1. slang Treated haughtily, snobbishly, or condescendingly. I can't believe you were snooted for ordering red wine with chicken. Just who does that waiter think he is? I keep getting snooted when I ride my motorcycle with the local club because it isn't particularly powerful or stylish.
2. slang Drunk. Mom was pretty snooted by the end of the party, so I had to do all the cleaning by myself when the guests finally left. If you didn't spend every night getting snooted on wine, maybe you'd have the inclination to do something more with your life.
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snooted up

slang Drunk. Mom was pretty snooted up by the end of the party, so I had to do all the cleaning by myself when the guests finally left. If you didn't spend every night getting snooted up on wine, maybe you'd have the inclination to do something more with your life.
See also: snoot, up
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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.
See also: cock, snook
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

cock a snook

openly show contempt or a lack of respect for someone or something. informal, chiefly British
Literally, if you cock a snook, you place your hand so that your thumb touches your nose and your fingers are spread out, in order to express contempt. Recorded from the late 18th century, the expression's origins are uncertain—as are those of the gesture itself, which occurs under a variety of names and in many countries, the earliest definite mention of it being by Rabelais in 1532 .
See also: cock, snook
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017

snoot

(snut)
n. the nose. That’s one fine zit you got on your snoot.

snooted

(ˈsnudəd)
mod. alcohol intoxicated. He got himself thoroughly snooted.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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