cock a snoot

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
  • 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
Modi may also want to cock a snoot at his nemesis, Mamata Banerjee who has already rejected the invitation to attend the swearing in, and he can do this by giving minister of state portfolios to as many as four MPs from Bengal.
Some people may cock a snoot at the Grand Vitara and say that it is not a full-blown 4x4 but a cheaper school-run machine.
What you have, basically, is a miser of a model that can cock a snoot at UK petrol prices OR a nippy wee sports car that handles, grips and accelerates in an unseemly fashion for an eco car.
Sequins, Scottie dog designs, puppies and kittens all feature on their current collection and for pounds 20 we can all afford to take home a designer label and cock a snoot at Selena Scott.