(n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.
Example Sentences:
(1) ForzaVista is back, but it's been hugely expanded allowing players to poke around every nook and cranny of every car in the game.
(2) San Andreas is a state of contrasts and extraordinary detail, there is always some interesting new nook to chance on, some breathtaking previously unexperienced view across the hills toward the capitalist spires of downtown.
(3) Pearson has acquired a 5% stake in Nook Media – a new company that houses Barnes & Noble's e-reader and tablet operations, digital bookstore and 674 college bookstores in the USA – for $89.5m.
(4) Then Cabrera is back for more and he launches a fly ball deep into that little nook in right center field - in front of the 420 feet sign, Ellsbury reaches up and makes the catch for a nerve racking out number two.
(5) Although everyone talks about "ebooks", the reality is that Kindle sales are 95% or more of the market; despite the best efforts of Kobo, Apple and Nook (the latter US-only as yet), they haven't managed to break the dominance of the device that Bezos unveiled in November 2007.
(6) At her most energised in front of the Monster High figurines, she was also a big fan of the book department, with its imagination-inducing soundscapes and nooks for reading.
(7) At the divisional courthouse, a palatial complex of octagonal towers and Florentine domes originally built as the accounting office of British Burma, the windows have blown out and vegetation sprouts from every nook, yet inside the decaying shell, the courts continue to press on.
(8) And we will extend this principle of transparency to every nook and cranny of politics and public life, because it's one of the quickest and easiest ways to transfer power to the powerless and prevent waste, exploitation and abuse.
(9) "He is very seized by the need to leverage legacy from every nook and cranny of the project.
(10) Hidden in nooks, crannies and side-roads of the City of Angels, there are, contrary to popular perception, numerous family-run guesthouses, intimate boutique hotels and even quirky little B&BS.
(11) Along with an interactive diorama-style Everest that lets you peer into all its nooks and crevasses, there are also interactive areas at famous parts of the climb.
(12) Seen from almost any nook and corner viewpoint in central Birmingham, this unexpected building - unclassifiable in neat, art-historical terms - is all but guaranteed to raise a smile.
(13) However, it was markedly cooler across the North Sea coast of England and Scotland, where Donna Nook in Lincolnshire peaked at only 16C.
(14) The deal will put Pearson in competition with Amazon's market-dominating Kindle e-reader – Jeff Bezos's company enjoys 95% of sales in the market – with the Nook currently only available in the US.
(15) In English waters, smaller populations at the nature reserves at Blakeney Point, in Norfolk, and Donna Nook, in Lincolnshire, also fell sharply.
(16) Open Mon-Fri 11.30am-1am, Sat 11.30am-2pm, Sun 12.30pm-midnight Sunflower Facebook Twitter Pinterest A jam session at Sunflower Inside this dusky nook of a bar - crowned the best in the city last year, but under threat from developers - the beer choice is bang up to date.
(17) The release this week of several detailed files on Hobsbawm and Hill is a reminder of just how deeply the cold war penetrated into every nook and cranny of British academic life.
(18) "With this investment, we have entered into a commercial agreement with Nook Media that will allow our two companies to work closely together in order to create a more seamless and effective experience for students".
(19) Adults £85 per day, children (aged 13-17) £60 per day, overnight kayak camping expeditions an additional £15 per person per night Eilean Donan, Dornie Photograph: Alamy Clamber around the ramparts and explore the dimly lit nooks and crannies of one of the most romantic castles in Scotland.
(20) Bright affectionately remembers all the "nooks and crannies" of the 1820s house, but has no regrets about the move.
Snook
Definition:
(v. i.) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
(n.) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo.
(n.) The cobia.
(n.) The garfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) Use of the modified Lee and the Chrisman-Snook techniques as described have provided good results.
(2) We report on lead, cadmium, selenium, and mercury levels in snook, locally called robalo (Centropomus spp.
(3) Close to a year later Gignac can cock a snook at all those who said Mexico would be a burial ground as far as his career was concerned.
(4) Most of these are tenodeses where one of the peroneus tendons is used, such as Evans, Watson-Jones, and Chrisman-Snook reconstructions.
(5) Yet one of the key attractions of Malick for a festival that that adores eccentric auteurs (he eschews all press commitments) meant that the director did not, in fact, turn up to receive his award – though he apparently snook into its premiere unnoticed.
(6) Leaders regularly cock a snook at democratic niceties in staying in power and many seem largely out of touch with their people's needs, behind their high walls and blue-light security cavalcades.
(7) Of the thousands of cartoons with which Charlie Hebdo has cocked a snook at authority, one in particular makes a philosophical point.
(8) Nineteen patients suffering from chronic post-traumatic instability at the ankle were treated surgically by the Chrisman-Snook technique.
(9) This study confirms the efficacy of the Chrisman-Snook technique in the treatment of ankle instability, even in cases of gross ankle laxity or with patients engaged in very demanding sports.
(10) We performed the Evans, Watson-Jones, and Chrisman-Snook procedures on 15 cadaveric ankles and tested the ankles for stability, motion, and isometry of graft placement.
(11) And yes, he cocked a snook at the US by giving asylum to the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
(12) No significant mortality was observed for the other organisms, which included: brown shrimp (Panaeus aztecus), grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio), juvenile snook (Centropomis undecimalis) and sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus).
(13) Among many methods of reconstruction of the lateral malleolus ligaments, the Chrisman-Snook method distinguishes itself because of simplicity of procedure and furthermore, it can be used for reconstruction of injuries of the tarsus ligaments in the region of the malleolus.
(14) In patients with hypermobility, long-standing instability, or arthritis, reconstruction using the Chrisman-Snook technique is recommended.
(15) This outer layer was considered to correspond to the "marginal zone" (Snook).
(16) The results of surgical Chrisman-Snook reconstruction of the lateral malleolus ligaments in 9 patients, aged 19-37 years, have been discussed.
(17) This month London became the first major city in the global north to elect a Muslim mayor, merrily cocking a snook at the supposed clash of civilisations.
(18) We forgot about the Chinese!’ This is a considered cocking of the snook.” Lu Kang, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, rejected the suggestion that the lack of phone contact was a snub.
(19) • In July 2013, newspapers reported the case of Casey Snook, then 14, who managed to rack up a £3,800 phone bill while using her mobile on a five-day family holiday to New York.
(20) Some have relished cocking a snook at the British media and what was seen as its unrelenting negativity about South Africa's ability to play host.