cock a

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!

cock a

snook/snoot Chiefly British

To thumb one's nose: "[The clock] is set wrong and hung crooked, as if to cock a snook at the importance of time" (Kevin Crossley-Holland).

See also: cock

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

See also:

cock a snoot
cock a snook
cock a snook at
cock a snook at somebody/something
cock a snook at someone/something
snook
snoot
cock (one's) ear
cock your ear
cock socket

References in periodicals archive

freezing is a concern, install a "stop and waste" valve on the pipe as close to the sill cock as possible (yet inside a heated area).

Frost-proof outdoor faucet

词组	cock a
释义	cock a 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! See also: cock, snoot Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. cock a *snook/snoot*** Chiefly British To thumb one's nose: "[The clock] is set wrong and hung crooked, as if to cock a snook at the importance of time" (Kevin Crossley-Holland). See also: cock American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: cock a snoot cock a snook cock a snook at cock a snook at somebody/something cock a snook at someone/something snook snoot cock (one's) ear cock your ear cock socket References in periodicals archive freezing is a concern, install a "stop and waste" valve on the pipe as close to the sill cock as possible (yet inside a heated area). Frost-proof outdoor faucet
随便看	in the middle of (something or some place) in the midst in the midst of (something) in the midst of something/of doing something in the money in the mood in the mood for (something) in the name of in the name of God in the name of heaven in the name of sb/sth in the name of (someone or something) in the nature of (something) in the nature of sth in the nature of things in the near future in the neighborhood of in the neighborhood of (some amount) in the neighbourhood of in the next breath in the nick of time in the nip in the normal course of events in the normal course of things in the not-so-distant future