name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Snoke
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: S N OW1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
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Usage: ambitransitive, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 3
To sneak about; to spy on; to snoop.
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Usage: ambitransitive, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 4
To snort contemptuously; to scorn, despise.
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Usage: ambitransitive, dialectal
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History
Etymology
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.